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Big Tech to EU: "Drop Dead" (www.eff.org)
submitted 7 months ago by boem to c/technology
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Correct. Amazon for example: everything that is sold via Amazon in Europe is taxed in Ireland. Even if a product which is available on Amazon is produced in France, stored in a French Amazon warehouse and shipped to a French customer. Just because it's possible, they pay the reduced taxes in Ireland for such a deal. That needs to be fixed.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Ahh now I understand the reasoning, and I completely agree.

To be fair, some things are already taxed in the place where work is created, regardless of the company headquarters. E.g. event tickets (VAT is always applied in the country where the event is taking place)