I wish the article had more info on the mechanics of the tax. How do they measure “value” and what percent of the value do they want to collect as tax?
The ad sales might make sense, but why not just add a tax on all advertising.
The marketplace tax is confusing because do they tax the value of the transaction? The full customer value that results of the acquisition? Why not just use existing sales tax for retail transaction (which e-commerce is).
The last one is the hardest to understand. Do they mean sale of data from Spanish citizens? Or only people created data while in Spain?
It seems simpler to just create a “data sales tax” that happens specifically for transactions where data is sold to or from Spanish orgs.
I think this will just result in a tarrif on Spanish goods.
The ad sales might make sense, but why not just add a tax on all advertising.
The marketplace tax is confusing because do they tax the value of the transaction? The full customer value that results of the acquisition? Why not just use existing sales tax for retail transaction (which e-commerce is).
The last one is the hardest to understand. Do they mean sale of data from Spanish citizens? Or only people created data while in Spain?
It seems simpler to just create a “data sales tax” that happens specifically for transactions where data is sold to or from Spanish orgs.
I think this will just result in a tarrif on Spanish goods.
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