Johnson backs tech tax despite Trump’s threats

By 2019-12-04Science & Tech
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he would press ahead with a digital sales tax even after the US threatened to punish France for a similar move.

In a proposal first outlined last year, large online companies face a tax of 2% of UK sales from April 2020.

Mr Johnson said digital companies needed to make a “fairer contribution”.

Donald Trump has threatened to impose taxes on French goods in retaliation for a digital services tax that would affect Google ... Read even more

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