프랑스 이어 이탈리아도 디지털세 도입…美와 통상마찰 우려
Following in France’s footsteps,… Italy is going to impose a digital tax on global tech companies.
The move is likely to rile the United States and many of the world’s biggest tech companies are U.S.-based.
For more on this and other news around the world, let’s turn to our Yoon Jung-min.
Jung-min, another European country adopting a digital tax.
Mark, Italy will follow France’s suit when it comes to imposing taxes on global IT giants.
As you mentioned, that’s unwelcome news for the U.S.
According to local media, Italy’s parliament passed the digital tax into law this week,… which will impose a three percent levy on revenue for companies which earn more than 7-hundred-50 million euros, and at least 5-point-5 million euros in Italy.
The new tax only targets business-to-business transactions,… including advertising or cloud computing services.
The new tax rule will take effect from New Year’s Day.
This comes as some European countries have been complaining that American tech companies pay too little in tax in countries where they have users.
However, the move is likely to trigger backlash from the U.S.,… which has been criticizing France for slapping its own digital tax on IT giants.
Washington insists the tax is targeted against American tech firms,… such as Facebook, Google and Apple.
In response to that, the Trump administration said it would impose tariffs of up to 100 percent on French wine, cheese and handbags.
It has also warned of similar retaliation against Italy.
France, for its part, has threatened to bring the case to the WTO once the U.S. imposes its retaliatory taxes.
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