The so-called new economy , based on the spectacular technological developments that have taken place in the last two decades and driven by globalization, remains unaccompanied by appropriate regulations, especially in areas such as tax. And, thus, the technology giants take advantage of the existing legal gaps and complex tax engineering to pay much less taxes than their share due to their enormous benefits. They use tax havens, of course, but also the support that, for example, the Trump Administration provides to the great American technology companies, an unfair practice with the rules of world trade. As we publish today, internet giants have paid 90,000 million euros in taxes less than their share in the last decade.
It is urgent to stop this scandalous situation once and for all. In the EU, the lack of unanimity prevents progress in fiscal harmonization and that greatly harms the public coffers of many countries. Hence, France has already unilaterally approved the Google rate - in Spain Sánchez has also announced it. In the case of Google, it also continues to abuse dominant power in advertising , so Paris has just imposed a fine of 150 million euros , which adds to an endless string of sanctions in Europe. Internet cannot be a jungle where competition rules do not govern.
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