Big Tech Takes Fight Over French Digital Tax to EU

July 25, 2019, 5:14 PM UTC

A French tech industry group plans to challenge France’s new digital tax under EU law.

The internet services lobbying group ASIC, whose members include Amazon.com Inc., Facebook Inc., and Google, will file complaints against the tax with the European Commission in the next few days, the group’s head, Giuseppe de Martino, said July 25.

French President Emmanuel Macron signed the tax into law July 24, and it was published in the official gazette July 25.

The law imposes a 3% tax on companies with digital revenue of at least 750 million euros ($836 million) worldwide and 25 million euros ...

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