Keeping Up with the Speed of Change: Digital Taxes
Taxes in the digital landscape have now taken hold.
In the United States, Sales Tax on transactions that take place on the Internet
must now be collected, even if that company does not have a physical presence
in that state. It took a Supreme Court ruling to change this fundamental way so
many online firms handle business. However, this change is by no means just a
national issue.
European
countries are considering different ways to tax multinational digital
companies. At its core, these taxes will take a percentage of sales from user
information, digital ads, and other sources of revenue. In some cases, the
taxes will only apply if the company meets a certain threshold, in others it
will be focused on the business activity that is generated in that country.
Either way, these Digital Taxes are something new that must be navigated on the
road of entrepreneurship. There have been accusations that some of these newly
passed Digital Taxes are specifically targeting American companies. There is
evidence that seems to support those claims.
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