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Germany considers 10% tax on internet giants

www.france24.com Germany considers 10% tax on internet giants

Germany is weighing plans for a 10 percent digital tax for internet giants such as Alphabet and Meta, a senior official said Friday, despite the risk of stoking further trade tensions with the United…

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the trade unbalance that Trump's team didn't include in their calculations
- Those people do calculations!?
  
  They have ChatGPT to do "the cyber" for them now.
  
  very poorly, like the kind that make math teachers sigh
Why is there Wikipedia logo in the pic?
- Probably because the person who made the image didn't really think too hard about their job.
- And why is there companies that sell physical goods? They are not the target here
  
  Europe Imports More Services than goods from the US and A
I thought it says Germany considers 10% tax on internet girls
"Considers" doesn't mean anything, especially not for a conservative government. I'll believe it when I see it
The new government may use some free time to steer away from the migration-debate they're currently lost in. Considering the speed Germany acts having its finger on the pulse time, no Big Tech must fear anything although the idea behind this is quite okay. Then, the German forces (Bundeswehr) announce that their new digital platform is built partnered with Google so hey... it's a little bit nuclear saber-rattling and in the end everything blows out somehow. 🤷‍♂️
There should be at least 10% tax on literally everything, except things the government wants to actually incentivize like solar panels.
This is a nothing burger, they are only proposing it in hopes that tech giants will negotiate and make concessions on their own.

Just introduce the tax. Companies should have zero say in this.

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