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UK to Tax Tech at Two Percent of Revenue

Accepted submission by MichaelDavidCrawford http://www.warplife.com/mdc/ at 2018-10-30 16:43:34 from the render-unto-caesar-dept dept.
Techonomics

Please write this up, I'm preparing for tomorrow's surgery. Well I would be were I not trolling The Tubes just now.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-k-to-roll-out-developed-worlds-first-digital-tax-1540831931 [wsj.com]

Companies with global revenue over 500 million pounds will have their local revenue taxed at 2%.

I strongly oppose taxing any company's gross revenue. Profit taxes are reasonable, but there are lots of companies that have very thin margins.


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