The French president Sarkozy wants that big internet companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter pay tax in France. He called it unacceptable that the concerns of billions of euros of revenue from the land, but pay no tax.
The French government, legislation should consider a tax on advertising revenue raised may be, ” said president Nicolas Sarkozy against the French magazine Le Point. He also wants the tax on income from internet advertising on a European level to raise, and he wants the liability of internet companies in the field of corporate taxation on the agenda.
In France, there are earlier proposals for taxes on advertising on the internet, but then backed out to the legislators in the country back because they were afraid that small companies are more affected would be the superpowers. Google countered that the internet jobs and that France was therefore a good investment climate has to offer.
Companies like Google and Facebook make worldwide use of a network of companies to the tax burden decrease. Among other in the Netherlands they have holdings founded due to the financial benefits. Herein are the internet companies, however, not only.