Sarkozy is trying to tax the internet....

iknorr

Sarkozy is playing games again. He now says hes want tax to be paid to the french if any company makes any profit from someone in france, even if that company is not taxable in France.

hip/http://techfeen.com/sarkozy-is-trying-to-tax-the-internet-while-his-wife-stands-behind-with-a-whip/

This cannot be let happen. it will completely ruin the internet

msg11

iknorr wrote: »

Sarkozy is playing games again. He now says hes want tax to be paid to the french if any company makes any profit from someone in france, even if that company is not taxable in France.

hip/http://techfeen.com/sarkozy-is-trying-to-tax-the-internet-while-his-wife-stands-behind-with-a-whip/

This cannot be let happen. it will completely ruin the internet

Doubt it, you would just have alot of Geo blocking in place with the likes of google etc.. Sure they can hardly police the internet, yet alone tax it. Just a whole load of mumbo jumbo.

censuspro

iknorr wrote: »

Sarkozy is playing games again. He now says hes want tax to be paid to the french if any company makes any profit from someone in france, even if that company is not taxable in France.

hip/http://techfeen.com/sarkozy-is-trying-to-tax-the-internet-while-his-wife-stands-behind-with-a-whip/

This cannot be let happen. it will completely ruin the internet

Not surprising considering France is one of the countries that is pushing for a CCCTB aka Common Consolidated Corporation Tax Base which basically means that any profits made in France are taxed in France even if the company is not resident in France. You may remember the debate over corporation tax rate in the lisbon treaty and although the EU may not be able to change our corporation tax rate of 12.5%, it ultimately wont make a difference what our tax rate is if all the profits are being taxed in France e.g. 12.5% of nothing equals nothing.