Canada still plans to introduce a digital services tax in 2024 despite U.S. opposition, Chrystia Freeland said.

  • Greg Clarke@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    If big tech companies could get away with charging you more they’d be doing it already. These are tech monopolies and taxing them is a good thing.

    Also, it’s a tax on revenue not sales anyway.

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      They have been increasing prices. They have also removed basic services and account sharing.

      It’s not taxed on net income, but gross revenue. Semantically, it’s a “revenue” tax with the same effect as a sales tax. They collect $100 and get to keep $3. I appreciate the wishful thinking, but it will passed on to customers.

      The Canadian solution to every problem is always “more tax”.

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        The Canadian solution to every problem is always “more tax”.

        Well, traditionally it is: Establish a monopoly/monopsony.

        But with US companies already entrenched, it is a little late for that. “More tax” is our fallback plan.