10% digital tax in technological giants in Germany

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German government, meta and Google, compose 10 percent tax plans for global internet giants.

Alternatives of the German Federal Media and Culture Wolfram Weimer, Thursday, Global Internet platforms are still considered a voluntary commitment to the new government on global Internet platforms.

The Central-Left Coalition of Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz has agreed to “evaluate the” assessment “assessment of the” assessment “to strengthen the country’s media view.”

“We approach this seriously,” said Axel Springer’s editor-in-chief died and said in an interview. Weimer added that “Google, as well as key industry representatives”, “Key Industry Representatives” to discuss tax alternatives “”, including possible voluntary obligations “.

A German tax on Google, Meta and other Internet giants, US President Donald Trump may take more tension in transatlantic trade relations in connection with the treatment of American companies unfairly and tariffs want to apply in response.

However, Weimer was not the implement of such a perspective, and show that the new German government has begun to establish a legal basis. He said that the task may focus on German advertising revenues of digital platforms such as Google and Meta Facebook and Instagram and Instagram.

“We are preparing a specific bill,” Weimer said, “Based on the Austrian model,” Weimer said that the real tax rate in Germany could be higher in Germany, and the ratio was considered “mild and legal.”

There are several EU countries, including France, already Taxes on digital companies.

Facebook and Google did not respond immediately to surveys for comments.

German media organizations, including digital broadcasters and newspaper publishers, including federal publishers, Weimer’s initiative, and welcomed the German Newswire DPA Internet giants “to be held accountable.”

The organization and another lobby group called for redistributing any tax income from the Government of the Merz Government, and the media outlets of the media, emphasizing that business models are under dramatic pressure on global technological platforms.

Weimer should apply a tax on all technological platforms that produce “billions of billions of billions” in Germany and use the editorial and cultural content created by others.

Austria’s experience showed that the “significant price change” triggers of such assembling income “significant price change” finally decreased by a small tax contribution, the giant profit margins reduced. “