Vestager takes Ireland to court over Apple’s taxes
Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager is taking Ireland to Europe’s highest court over delays in collecting some €13 billion in back taxes from Apple, in a dramatic escalation of the simmering...
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Commission ratchets up pressure in digital tax fight
Margrethe Vestager just waded into an increasingly divisive standoff over how some of the world’s largest companies pay tax in Europe. Europe’s competition chief demanded Wednesday that Amazon repay...
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‘Coughing and spluttering’ Theresa May
UK “Shambles.” “Nightmare.” “Farce.” “What the F?” There weren’t many positive takes on Prime Minister Theresa May’s speech at the Tory conference in Manchester Wednesday. Battling a bad cough that...
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France dials back on digital tax plans after US meetings
French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire was gung-ho about taxing digital giants like Google and Amazon on the billions of euros they generate, collectively, each year in Europe. Then he went to...
View ArticleIrish minister on Apple ruling: ‘We are not the global tax collector’
Ireland has renewed its criticism of a European Commission demand it collect €13 billion in alleged tax breaks from tech company Apple. In an interview with German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine...
View ArticleEurozone’s largest tax collectors eye digital giants’ turnovers
The eurozone’s big four want the European Commission to develop a new tax to force internet giants like Google and Facebook to pay more taxes in Europe. The finance ministers of France, Germany, Italy...
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Margrethe Vestager’s growing American fan club
Europe’s competition commissioners have never been the toast of Washington. And few received as frosty a reception as the current commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, who has made repeat visits, sometimes...
View ArticleCommission joins ‘fair taxation’ bandwagon on digital industry
Watch out, Big Tech: The European taxman cometh. The European Commission on Thursday threw its formidable muscle behind plans to swiftly impose new taxes on digital commerce, in a push to end what...
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Bitter divisions undermine Europe’s digital tax plans
When European leaders gather this week to hammer out how to tax the digital world, lawmakers will be divided into two camps: the haves and have-nots. On one side stands a group of 19 European...
View ArticleVestager, Moscovici to go big on tax
Silicon Valley’s tax affairs in Europe will be in the spotlight — again — on Wednesday. Europe’s competition chief Margrethe Vestager is expected to order Amazon to pay millions in back taxes to...
View ArticleVestager takes Ireland to court over Apple’s taxes
Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager is taking Ireland to Europe’s highest court over delays in collecting some €13 billion in back taxes from Apple, in a dramatic escalation of the simmering...
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Commission ratchets up pressure in digital tax fight
Margrethe Vestager just waded into an increasingly divisive standoff over how some of the world’s largest companies pay tax in Europe. Europe’s competition chief demanded Wednesday that Amazon repay...
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‘Coughing and spluttering’ Theresa May
UK “Shambles.” “Nightmare.” “Farce.” “What the F?” There weren’t many positive takes on Prime Minister Theresa May’s speech at the Tory conference in Manchester Wednesday. Battling a bad cough that...
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France dials back on digital tax plans after US meetings
French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire was gung-ho about taxing digital giants like Google and Amazon on the billions of euros they generate, collectively, each year in Europe. Then he went to...
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Tech’s teenage identity crisis
LISBON — The tech world is suffering from an adolescent identity crisis. As tens of thousands of startup founders, venture capitalists and policymakers gather here in Lisbon for Web Summit, there’s an...
View ArticleEU queries Apple over moving to low-tax Jersey
LISBON — European competition authorities have been in contact with Apple over the company’s complex tax arrangements disclosed in the Paradise Papers, according to Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s...
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How tech is winning the Trump era
SAN FRANCISCO — The conventional wisdom about the tech industry’s relationship with Donald Trump is that it’s a street brawl, with Silicon Valley’s liberal CEOs clashing with the president on...
View ArticleVestager files Apple lawsuit despite Dublin’s promises
The European Commission is taking Ireland to the EU’s top court over its failure to collect more than €13 billion in back taxes owed by Apple — despite Ireland’s finance minister promising Monday to...
View ArticleSpotify CEO Daniel Ek calls on Europe to move faster on tech
The CEO and founder of Spotify has a love-hate view of EU lawmakers. Spotify’s Daniel Ek critiqued EU policymakers Tuesday for not adapting quickly enough to digital advancements. “If we were to move...
View ArticleVote for Putin, take a selfie, win an iPhone
Russia wants to reward voters for turning out in this year’s presidential election by offering them iPhones as competition prizes. The Kremlin aims to create a “holiday-like atmosphere” on polling day,...
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