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France considers tax on search engines

Run_to_da_hills · 2010-01-08 20:37:22

The BBC report that France are considering charging Tax for Google, Yahoo and Facebook. See below for a quote from the BBC website. “Google and other net firms could be taxed under plans being considered by the French government. A report, commissioned by the government, suggests firms such as Google, Yahoo and Facebook…

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The BBC report that France are considering charging Tax for Google, Yahoo and Facebook. See below for a quote from the BBC website.

“Google and other net firms could be taxed under plans being considered by the French government.

A report, commissioned by the government, suggests firms such as Google, Yahoo and Facebook should pay a new tax on their online ad revenues.

The money could be used to fund legal alternatives for buying books, films and music on the internet.

President Nicolas Sarkozy has taken a tough line on the increasing dominance of digital content.

How could this be enforced? Could it eventually be passed on to theough the ISP's?

http://euobserver.com/9/29228

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