Apple surrenders to the French on tax
Although it is a question of who surrendered to whom
US technology giant Apple said it had reached a deal with France to pay an undeclared amount of back-dated tax however no one seems to be saying how much it paid.
France orders Google to surrender $57 million
First head rolls under GDPR rules
French regulators have fined Google nearly $57 million for violating Europe’s strict new data privacy rules.
Trump creates a 10 percent tax on tech
Even Apple will pay tax
President Donald (Prince of Orange) Trump suggested he could place a 10 percent tariff on smartphones and laptops imported from China, he said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.
Three European countries want big tech to avoid tax
Denmark, Ireland and Sweden block French moves
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire's efforts to get the European Union colleagues around a new tax on tech giants have stalled.
UK will tax tech giants
Two per cent but it is better than nothing
Technology giants will have to pay more tax in the UK under new government regulations.
Canadian music industry wants internet tax
Which will pay for our poor business model
The Screen Composers Guild of Canada is calling for a copyright tax on all broadband data use above 15 gigabytes per month. The music composers argue that this is warranted because composers miss out on public performance royalties.
EU wants US tech companies to pay tax
US Tech horrified
European finance leaders called for progress on global rules to tax the digital economy at a meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bankers in Argentina on Sunday.
Apple snubs EU tax inquiry
Says the cash will prejudice its tax appeal
Fruity cargo cult Apple is snubbing an EU investigation into tax evasion saying that if it were involved, it would prejudice its challenge to an EU order to pay up to 13 billion euros ($15 billion) in back taxes to Ireland.
Apple owes Ireland 13 billion euro
Pretty much what the EU has been saying all along
The Irish government's tax man was asked by the government what he thought Apple owed the country over its dodgy tax arrangement and he agreed with the EU.
Samsung chairman charged with tax evasion
Even if he loses, it is not as if he is going down
Samsung Electronics’ ailing chairman, Lee Kun-hee, was named by South Korean police as a suspect in a $7.5 million tax evasion case that involved the use of bank accounts held by employees.