Google Gets Court Date to Argue Against Hungary’s Advertising Tax

Google Ireland Limited has been given a date by Europe’s top court to argue against Hungary’s advertising turnover tax, which it says unfairly targets companies based outside the country’s borders.

The Court of Justice of the European Union May 13 said that it will hear the matter June 4. Alphabet Inc.'s European subsidiary applied to the court July 24, 2018, for a preliminary ruling on whether Hungary’s tax violated the EU’s constitution.

• The company’s application came after the European Commission said Nov. 4, 2016, that Hungary’s progressive ...