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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: EU Watchdogs Make ‘Big Tech Hit List’; France To Go Ahead With Digital Services Tax Plan

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Regulation. Two government officials from European nations have advocated to have watchdogs engage in preventative measures against Big Tech to reduce their strength and handle on the market, according to reports. The new regulations would also reshape the manner in which these companies collect and harness information.

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Bitcoin Daily: Bill Proposes National Oversight For Crypto Exchanges; Russia Seeks Criminal Penalty For Not Reporting Crypto

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24), could put digital currency exchanges under one national structure, CoinDesk reported. The legislation would "streamline" many separate American digital currency rules in the event it is ratified, per CoinDesk. Every entity in the nation would need to disclose yearly digital currency income if it is above $1,300.

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Amazon Looks To Increase Fees With Digital Tax In Spain; Google Might Make Search Inaccessible In Australia

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Amazon Plans to Raise Fees for Companies in Wake of New Digital Tax in Spain . After Spain’s government levied a new digital tax, Amazon plans to increase fees by 3 percent starting in April for Spanish firms harnessing its platform, Reuters reported. Google Raises Specter of Making Search Inaccessible in Australia.

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Italy Sidesteps Sales Tax Hike With Levy On Digital Transactions

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Italy is preparing to tax digital companies to help fund its 2020 budget as it seeks different revenue streams to avoid a scheduled sales tax hike, sources told Reuters on Monday (Oct. Companies with annual global revenues of $827 million and digital services of $6 million in Italy will be subject to the tax.

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Big Tech Regulatory Tracker: Supreme Court Hears Arguments In Oracle, Google Dispute; Ukraine Considers Tax On Digital Platforms From Abroad

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Here’s the latest news from Big Tech firms, which are coming under increasing scrutiny from regulators and politicians from the U.S. German Finance Minister: More Than 130 Nations Agree to Corporate Tax Framework. Verkhovna Rada, the parliament of Ukraine, is mulling a law taxing digital communication platforms from abroad.

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Brexit And Beyond: Crossing The International eCommerce Tax Rubicon

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But along the way, global digital sales also carry a host of regulatory hurdles when it comes to satisfying various tax regimes. When [eCommerce companies] can’t get through the language barrier, the outcome is large-scale tax evasion, whether through ignorance, or whether through deliberate actions across the world.”.

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Big Tech Increasingly In Regulators’ Spotlight — And Crosshairs

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It’s been a whirlwind few weeks — OK, make that months — for big tech firms as regulators look ever more closely at business tactics. She made the comments at a panel discussion with Recode at a tech industry event. Google, Amazon and Facebook would be subject to the tax, as would a few dozen companies operating in France.