Campaigners tell Burnham not to trade away the UK's tech tax to please Trump
Trump regards it as one of the European levies that create unfair trade barriers for US companies and has threatened the UK with a "big tariff" if it keeps the DST.Introduced in 2020, the DST applies a 2 percent tax to certain revenues from UK users of search engines, social media services, and online marketplaces. It applies to groups generating more than £500 million globally from those activities and more than £25 million from UK users, with the first £25 million of UK revenue exempt. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); The tax was introduced to address what the government described as a mismatch between where digital businesses generate value and where their profits are taxed.
- ▪Trump regards it as one of the European levies that create unfair trade barriers for US companies and has threatened the UK with a "big tariff" if it keeps the DST.Introduced in 2020, the DST applies a 2 percent tax to certain revenues from
- ▪It applies to groups generating more than £500 million globally from those activities and more than £25 million from UK users, with the first £25 million of UK revenue exempt.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); The tax was introduced to address what the government described as a mismatch between where digital businesses generate value and where their
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