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French diners in Facebook and Google have decided to start a corporate tax, which is called the Google tax, starting next year. It is expected that the Korean tax system will have a significant influence on Korea.

Reporter Yu Byeong-su reports.

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European Union (EU) and France-based Internet giant Dinosaurs Inc. have announced that they will introduce Google tax on their own.

Google tax is a kind of corporate tax that is levied on big Internet companies like Google, where tax evasion is controversial in each country.

The French government says it will introduce € 500 million in taxes and € 640 billion in taxes for the first year from January 1 of next year.

Earlier, the EU executive commission said it planned to introduce a Google tax that would tax 3% of annual sales if companies like Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon make more than € 50 million in Europe, We have not reached an agreement.

Recently, in Korea, legislation that expands VAT on foreign Internet companies passed the National Assembly, but the introduction of Google tax, which imposes corporation tax, is still in discussion.

The introduction of the Google tax in France is expected to give a boost to the introduction of the Korean tax system.