Macron Aims to Force ‘Tax Justice’ on Facebook, Google and Apple
- U.S. has asked France to drop the levy on Google, Facebook
- Macron failed to rally EU countries to get a continental tax
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French lawmakers will start debating on Monday a tax meant to force Internet giants like Amazon Inc. and Facebook Inc. to pay a 3 percent levy on digital turnover.
Parliament will discuss the tax, which targets companies with 750 million euros ($842 million) in worldwide revenue and 25 million euros of French digital sales, over the next several weeks. The levy, described by Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire as ensuring “fiscal justice”, is expected to become effective starting Jan. 1.