How would you feel about paying 15% more for your online goods?

arknor said:
werent they already taxed at like 18 or 20 odd percent though...

it's just they avoid paying it, this is to try and set loads of countries to the same tax rate.

ireland are at 12.5% and get all the UK amazon tax
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https://tech.newstatesman.com/business/amazon-pass-on-digital-services-tax

Amazon has announced that it will pass on the cost of the UK’s new digital service tax to sellers, in a move that risks the ire of the British government.
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from last year a digital service tax...

I'm not entirely sure what taxes they have been paying and what ones they have been avoiding so i'm guessing the G7 agreement was the last resort.
 
Labour Party proposes raising UK Digital Services Tax (so Amazon can pass the hike on that, too?)

https://www.theregister.com/2021/09/29/labour_digital_services_tax

"However, our fear is that the large companies would simply pass this extra tax on to the suppliers and smaller companies that trade on the platforms, and thus avoid paying any extra tax and avoiding reduced profits."
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Not just the Conservatives then...
 
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