{"id":106352,"date":"2018-12-17T21:00:32","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T21:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/french-tax-on-google-facebook-to-apply-from-january-1-2019\/"},"modified":"2018-12-17T21:00:32","modified_gmt":"2018-12-17T21:00:32","slug":"french-tax-on-google-facebook-to-apply-from-january-1-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/french-tax-on-google-facebook-to-apply-from-january-1-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"French tax on Google, Facebook to apply from January 1, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A French tax on digital giants including Google and Facebook will enter into force on January 1, 2019, Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfmtv.com\/economie\/taxe-gafa-en-france-les-geants-de-l-internet-seront-taxes-des-le-1er-janvier-1590424.html\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The government, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/pro\/eu-digital-tax-dead-as-countries-eye-national-paths\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">lobbied unsuccessfully<\/a> for a pan-European \u201cdigital tax,\u201d hopes the levy will bring \u20ac500 million per year into state coffers.<\/p>\n<p>Le Maire previously said that France would wait until March, 2019, before imposing a national taxto allow time for a possible Europe-wide tax.<\/p>\n<p>But in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesechos.fr\/politique-societe\/gouvernement\/0600357089565-edouard-philippe-nous-aurons-un-debat-sur-le-referendum-dinitiative-citoyenne-2230399.php\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">an interview given<\/a> on Sunday, following weeks of protests by the Yellow Jackets movement, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said the government was ready to act sooner.<\/p>\n<p>The expected intake would help to offset the cost of measures taken to assuage the yellow vest protesters.<\/p>\n<p>Frances tax will be modelled closely after the European Commissions proposal, which was heavily influenced by Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Le Maire said that revenues generated \u201cby advertising, platforms and the selling of personal data\u201d would be targeted.<\/p>\n<p>A law could be included in a broader bill on modernizing the economy which is currently in discussion \u2014 known as the \u201cPACTE\u201d law  \u2014 but there are other legislative options, the finance minister added.<\/p>\n<h2><em>Read this next: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/french-pm-edouard-philippe-admits-mistakes-with-yellow-jackets-protest-budget-minimum-wage\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">French PM admits mistakes with Yellow Jackets<\/a><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/french-tax-on-google-facebook-to-apply-from-january-1-2019\/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[contf] [contfnew]         <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRMd3Tz2gX9xSa6CJyaOj2dokBVcrdaT4yY3R3RI7YmL18vCLZZ\"\/><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/&gt;Politico&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/h5&gt;_&lt;\/p&gt;[contfnewc]_[contfnewc]_&lt;\/body&gt;&lt;\/html&gt;\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A French tax on digital giants including Google and Facebook..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":106354,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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