Spotify France will increase its prices “due to” the streaming tax. This tax, announced by the government at the end of 2023, divides the sector.
Spotify did not provide details on the price increase. “We simply cannot absorb additional taxes,” says the platform Spotify assured Thursday that it had “proudly defended French artists’ over the last 15 years”. The establishment in 2024 of a tax on the turnover of online music listening platforms, wanted by Emmanuel Macron, "should bring in 15 million euros", announced the government.