Tax

Apple’s £11.8 Billion Irish Tax Bill Overturned

Big relief for Tim Cook. EU court overturns Apple's need to pay 13 billion euros in back tax payments to…

4 years ago

Spanish Lawmakers To Draft 3 Percent Digital Tax

More bad news for US-based tech businesses as Spanish lawmakers ready a draft law calling for a 3 percent tax…

4 years ago

OECD Confirms Rewrite Of Global Tax Laws

Digital tax. 140 governments agree to rewrite cross border tax laws that will increase the tax paid by tech giants…

4 years ago

Digital Tax Payback As US Vows Tax On Champagne, Cheese

Cheese, champagne, and handbags may be hit with punitive duties of up to 100% by the United States in response…

4 years ago

US Readies Response To French Tech Tax

US trade officials will on Monday reveal their proposed response to France's imposing a tax on mostly US tech firms…

4 years ago

Tech Giants To Pay More Taxes Under OECD Proposals

Revolution in corporate taxation under draft proposals from OECD will see US tech giants pay more tax

5 years ago

European $14 Billion Tax Demand On Apple ‘Defies Common Sense’

Order for $14 billion in back taxes from Apple “defies reality and common sense”, iPad maker argues

5 years ago

Apple Heads To Court Over £11bn Bill For Back Taxes

EU's General Court to hear appeal against European Commission's record 2016 fine, itself part of a broader crackdown on low…

5 years ago

Google To Pay France $1 Billion To Settle Tax Dispute

Alleged fiscal fraud settlement sees Google pay France 500m euro penalty and 465m euro in tax

5 years ago

US Tech Giants Testify Against French Digital Tax

Tax approved in July would disproportionately target US tech firms and would create a burden for consumers and enterprises, opponents…

5 years ago

Arrest After Bulgaria Suffers Damaging Cyber Attack

Nearly all seven million Bulgarian adults have reportedly had their personal data compromised

5 years ago

Boris Johnson Calls For Digital Tax On Tech Giants

Candidate to be prime minister says current tax arrangements for tech giants is 'deeply unfair' to the high street

5 years ago

Vestager Calls For Europe To ‘Take The Lead’ On Digital Tax

European countries should push ahead with taxes aimed at fairer digital taxation and allow the rest of the world to…

5 years ago

US Labels Digital Tax On Tech Firms As ‘Highly Discriminatory’

Senior US Treasury officials labels the French digital tax as 'discriminatory' and 'ill conceived'

5 years ago

French Digital Tax To Swell Government Coffers

Nice little earner. French finance minister predicts its digital tax could bring in half a billion pounds a year

5 years ago

Amazon Tax Pay Reignites Digital Tax Row

Tax dodging accusations fly as Amazon allegedly only paid £62m corporation tax over past 20 years

5 years ago

France To Press Ahead With Digital Tax In 2019

Tax on tech giants will begin in 2019 by individual nations if necessary, warns French finance minister

5 years ago

Proposed EU Digital Tax Plans Face Defeat This Week

Ireland and Scandinavian countries oppose plans for an interim tax on the biggest digital companies, while troubles also beset a…

5 years ago

France, Germany Support EU Digital Tax On Tech Giants

Germans and French follow British lead and signal strong support of EU digital tax on tech giants

5 years ago

France, Germany Pull Back On Plans For Tax On US Digital Giants

Under a new compromise, the EU now aims to implement its 3 percent tax on large digital companies' revenues by…

5 years ago

France’s Le Maire: European Tax On Tech Giants Is Question Of ‘Sovereignty’

French finance minister Bruno Le Maire argues the only thing holding the tax on Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook and the…

6 years ago

Labour Proposes Tax On Tech Giants To Boost Media Independence

A 'digital licence fee' paid for by the biggest tech firms could help fund investigative, public interest journalism, Jeremy Corbyn…

6 years ago

EU Unveils ‘Interim’ Online Tax Proposals For Tech Giants

Tech tax. Facebook, Apple, Google, and Amazon to be impacted by proposed three percent tax on revenues

6 years ago

EU, France Take Action Against ‘Abusive’ Google, Apple App Stores

The European Commission has drafted stricter rules for app stores, e-commerce sites and search engines, while French legal action targets…

6 years ago

Tech Giants Face EU Tax On ‘2 To 6 Percent Of Turnover’

A major change to the way the European Union taxes companies such as Google and Amazon is coming within 'weeks',…

6 years ago

Government May Tax Tech Companies Over Extremist Content

The government may impose a tax on companies such as YouTube and Facebook to 'incentivise' them over taking down militant…

6 years ago

Appleby Data Breach Could Expose Secrets Of Super Rich

Data from law firm in Bermuda could potentially reveal sensitive financial data about high profile individuals

6 years ago

Government Delays Controversial Digital Tax Plans

The Making Tax Digital system will be voluntary for smaller organisations, while larger groups will only have to use it…

7 years ago