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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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Facebook, Google Targeted In Revised Franco-German Tech Tax

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France and Germany have come up with a compromise for a European Union (EU)-wide digital tax, abandoning a wide-ranging 3 percent tax on revenues generated by ad sales in the digital economy. According to the Financial Times ( FT ), the new version would target tech giants like Facebook and Google through their sales of advertising.

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Indonesia Levies 10 Pct Tax On Sales From Tech Firms

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Starting next month, it will cost Amazon, Netflix, Spotify and Google more to do business in Indonesia. The tax is in response to an expected 13 percent drop in state collections as the coronavirus took its toll on revenues. Amazon Web Services, Google and Spotify did not respond to requests for comment.

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Tencent Says Big Tech Needs Greater Oversight; Group Seeks To Block Maryland Online Ad Tax

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Group Seeks to Block Maryland Online Advertising Tax. Marylanders for Tax Fairness is preparing for a battle in January over the state’s attempt to make a digital advertising tax, the Baltimore Sun reported. Maryland legislators ratified the tax earlier in 2020, but Gov. Larry Hogan vetoed the levy. percent to 10 percent.

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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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OECD’s Tax Reform To Be Presented To G20. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) , which is based in France, said its worldwide tax reform blueprint will be put in front of the Group of 20 finance ministers. France Will Proceed With Controversial Digital Services Tax Plan.

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Five At Five: France Aims To Tax Big Tech

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Today’s coverage includes the latest European push to tax such companies as Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon. France’s Finance Minister Wants EU-Wide Digital Tax By Year End. The new tax would apply to Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon so that they are paying what the government sees as a fairer tax rate in the region.

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Amazon Raises Seller Fees Due To Digital Tax In France

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With a 3 percent digital tax passed by the French government, Amazon is hiking seller fees for small and medium-sized businesses in France beginning in the fall. The eCommerce company cited the tax as the reason for the increase, CNBC reported. The tax was reportedly to apply to approximately 30 major companies, mainly from the U.S.,

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