- France’s Constitutional Council will rule on the digital services tax on September 12
- The case involves challenges from Digital Classifieds France and Airbnb Inc
- The 3 percent DST was introduced in 2019 and is argued to breach the principle of equality before the law
- The tax applies to revenues from targeted advertising, sale of user data, and intermediary services
- It affects companies with global revenues of at least 750 million euros and French revenues of 25 million euros or more
- The challenge is significant for France’s DST as part of a global movement to tax large digital companies
- The United States criticizes DSTs as discriminatory against American tech firms
- International tax negotiations have not yet resulted in a global agreement, and France will maintain the DST until a global solution is adopted
Source: globalvatcompliance.com
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