TEHRAN, Apr 09 - French lawmakers on Monday approved a new tax on digital giants such as Facebook and Apple that has angered the United States, with Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire boasting that France was proud to be in the vanguard of such a move.
TEHRAN, Mar 12 - The proposal of the European Commission for an interim tax, actively lobbied by Paris, has faced severe opposition in Brussels and Washington, as the EU already has VAT, an income tax based on the customer's location.
TEHRAN, November 06 - Earlier, the European Commission called for slapping a three-percent tax on digital revenues of internet giants. The proposal stipulates that only companies with a global annual turnover of 750 million euros and EU revenue of at least 50 million euros per year should be subject to the new levy.