Alphabet Inc's Google unit, Facebook Inc and Amazon.com Inc are among the c...
WASHINGTON - Alphabet Inc’s Google unit, Facebook Inc and Amazon.com Inc are among the companies that will testify Monday at a U.S. government hearing on the French government’s digital services tax.
The U.S. Trade Representative’s Office in July opened a probe into the new tax it called “unreasonable.” The office could issue new tariffs on French goods or other trade restrictions after the public comment period closes on Aug. 26. Facebook global tax policy head Alan Lee’s testimony said the tax “poses difficulties for Facebook’s business model and will hinder growth and innovation in the digital economy” and would require a re-engineering of its systems.
businesses” and is “likely to generate disputes on whether specific digital activities were ‘supplied in France’ or in another region.” A group of companies including Airbnb, Amazon, Expedia Group Inc , Facebook, Google, Microsoft Corp and Twitter Inc said in joint written comments to USTR the tax “is unjustifiable in that it infringes international agreements, and unreasonable in that it is discriminatory, retroactive and inconsistent with international tax policy principles.”
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