according to several government sources, there should be no tax targeting Internet giants in the 2014 budget. Asked Bercy refuses to comment, merely to indicate only that arbitration has been made on the subject.
However, in February, the Minister for the Digital Economy, Fleur Pellerin had said: “My hope is that we can incorporate something in the Finance Bill next year”.
If shooting in the foot
minister then began to study the two tracks that were on the table: a tax on advertising promoted by the UMP Senator Philippe Marini, and a tax on personal data, promoted by Colin and Collin report.
Bercy ordered including an opinion on the subject at the National Council of digital (CNN). The notice was published Tuesday, September 10, “advises” to create a Franco-French tax.
“Such a tax would be politically fun, but would not be economically efficient.’s Adventurism of a tax in one country would be much more disadvantages than advantages. France only to discredit rather than anything else, “said Tuesday the president of CNN Benedict Thieulin. According to him, such a tax would not “solve the end of the month the French government is not about”.
Backward better jump
Beauvallet Godfrey, vice president in charge of CNN’s working group on taxation, agreed: “establish a national taxation would shoot themselves in the foot this would not be a credible threat, however, to.. move the balance of power requires a credible threat … ” According to him, such a tax would not affect “those affected”, that is to say the American giants, but hit the French actors, CNN is just supposed to represent …
However, CNN recommends back to better jump. He suggests to introduce a tax with other countries-Germany and Great Britain were cited. Such a tax could debate at the European Council on digital 24 and 25 October.
There remains to resolve the issue of the tax on devices connected to the internet, dear to the heart of the Minister of Culture Aurélie Filippetti.
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