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Investors & Entrepreneurs: forget everything you’ve heard about taxes in France in the last 6 months.
In the past 6 months, there have been a lot of new tax ideas thrown out around France, most of which has resulted in smoke & a bad reputation for French businesses & entrepreneurs. Paris went from 6th to 10th in ‘attractiveness for investment’ in just one year according to a recent study reported on […]
Hollande threatens to push for the Google Tax if press issue not resolved by the end of the month
French President Francois Hollande announced Monday that Google and the French press have until the end of January to resolve their proprietary issues before Hollande will push for legislation requiring Google to pay press for the snippets of text that appear in Google News. “It is normal that those who make a profit from you […]
Return of the French Google Tax: New Government, Same Nonsense
France is now saying it will enforce what’s been dubbed the “Google Tax” [FR], a sort of customs tariff on web products and services sold from anywhere outside of France. Previous governments have tried coming up with a way to apply VAT on digital purchases from foreign companies, from a song on iTunes or an […]