Poland Stands By Digital Services Tax Plan, Rebuffing US Threats

Poland will continue working on legislation to tax digital platforms, Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski said, despite threats of retaliation from the US administration of Donald Trump.

The legislation, which seeks to introduce a levy of up to 3% on digital platforms, has been criticized as unfair and harmful by US tech giants including Alphabet Inc.’s Google.

“Representatives of the US administration are expressing far-reaching skepticism, but I remain firm — we are the ones who set taxes in Poland,” PAP news agency quoted Domanski as saying on Wednesday.

The tax is one of several issues that could come ...