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VOL. 43 | NO. 46 | Friday, November 15, 2019
Czechs to impose 7% tax on global internet giants
PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech government has approved a plan to adopt a tax on internet giants like Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple.
Joining France and some other countries, the measure would impose a 7% annual tax on companies’ digital business revenues in the Czech Republic. It would apply to companies with global sales worth more than 750 million euros ($830 million) and Czech revenue exceeding 100 million Czech crowns ($4.3 million).
The finance ministry has estimated the tax could bring in some 5 billion crowns ($216 million) a year, starting in 2020.
The tax still needs parliamentary approval.
Monday’s move comes as some 130 countries try to find a way to more fairly tax global internet giants, with the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development leading the project.