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Its implementation has been difficult, and its payment seems to be the same. Voted last July, the Gafa tax must be paid before the end of the week by all companies that achieve a turnover of at least 25 million euros in France, and 750 million worldwide. But according to information from Europe 1, these companies have not received all the necessary instructions to pay this tax in good conditions.
A blur on the perimeter affected by the Gafa tax
The law is well passed, but it still misses the instructions of the tax administration. This is basically the message of companies subject to the tax of 3% of their digital turnover, in other words, the Gafa tax. They must therefore calculate the amount of their tax themselves, without knowing precisely the perimeter concerned. A company concerned even confides, on condition of anonymity, she paid Monday five million euros tax Gafa, without being certain of the amount.
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"We invented a tax that concerns companies that have a turnover of various kinds," says the microphone of Europe 1 Jean-David Chamboredon, founder of France Digitale. "They must therefore be able to find the subsets of their turnover that are affected by the tax, it is a totally unusual tax year, and of course, no text even issued by the General Directorate of Public Finance. will be able to define all the cases by definition, so there is an ambiguity about the exact taxable amount. "
A protest movement
According to our information, some companies have therefore decided to protest against this vagueness by sending statements of an amount of zero euro. Abroad, the Chinese choose instead the ostrich policy. For its part, the tax administration acknowledges that technical details are lacking, but ensures that all the companies concerned have been contacted and briefed.