Turkey’s Expansive 7.5% Digital Tax Comes Into Effect

Turkey’s 7.5% digital service tax, which will affect companies like Amazon.com, Inc. and Netflix, Inc., came into effect Sunday.

The tax applies to companies that make 750 million euros ($831 million) of revenue globally and 20 million Turkish lira ($3.2 million) of revenue from certain digital business models in Turkey.

• Turkey has the highest DST rate in Europe and targets digital services not covered by other countries, such as video gaming transactions and subscription services.
• Turkey is one of several countries braving U.S. ire by pushing ahead with a digital services tax that will hit tech giants ...