U.S. trade envoy urges Canada to abandon plans for digital tax
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/u-s-trade-envoy-urges-canada-to-abandon-plans-for-digital-tax-1.6471043
The digital tax targets foreign companies that earn revenue from the engagement, content or data of Canadian users.
The 3% levy would go into effect in January.
Katherine Tai: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Tai
Internet tax: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_tax
Granted, nobody knows what the network tax will be or indeed if it will ever happen. What we have is speculation and telco Xmas wishes. The idea that the sender should pay for the traffic in the network (in addition to the fees paid already by the subscribers). In fact, the sender already pays, and [β¦]
When everyone is a telco, who should receive the network tax payment? No wonder the telecoms regulators are skeptical.
Read on https://www.netopia.eu/millimeter-waves-or-network-tax-in-space/ #telecoms #telco #internettax
Granted, nobody knows what the network tax will be or indeed if it will ever happen. What we have is speculation and telco Xmas wishes. The idea that the sender should pay for the traffic in the network (in addition to the fees paid already by the subscribers). In fact, the sender already pays, and [β¦]
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