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Italy weighs 'Google Tax' to raise revenue

article published on 4 November, 2013

Elements of the Italian government support measures that would boost tax revenue from Google, Yahoo, Amazon and other major web giants. Instead of simply taxing the companies directly, a bill has been tabled that oblige companies that advertise and sell online in Italy to do so only through agencies that have a tax presence in the country. The extra revenue to such agency would translate ... [ read the full article ]

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Qliphah
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_ 		5. November 2013 @ 09:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Well, good to see Italy finally realize big corporations will do anything to find tax loopholes no matter the country. However they seem to fail to see what most senators here in the states missed. The lost revenue, and possibly jobs if they have to remove their presence in the country would hurt the customers more than any tax. Not to mention the price hike that google/amazon/etc would enact to make up for the taxes.

Instead of raising taxes why not fire 1/3 of the govt staff that got them into the financial crisis to begin with?
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dEwMe
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_ 		5. November 2013 @ 13:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Or get a clue and cut spending...
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Just my $0.02,

dEwMe
attar
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_ 		5. November 2013 @ 18:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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big corporations will do anything to find tax loopholes
In my own situation (Canada), the party formally known as a democratic socialist party (they have recently dropped all reference to socialism) - are strictly against 'tax loopholes' for business - they are however in favour of 'tax incentives' for business;of course it's up to the true believer to figure out the difference.
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