Calls Mount for Pause on Canada's Digital Services Tax Targeting Tech Giants
- Ottawa is facing pressure to pause digital services tax legislation requiring tech companies to make a retroactive payment by June 30.
- Canadian and U.S. business groups, along with 21 members of Congress, have signed letters urging the tax to be eliminated or paused.
- A June 11 letter from 21 members of Congress states the first payment will cost U.S. companies $2 billion.
- Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne's office did not respond to questions about a potential pause on the tax.
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Business Groups Push for Pause on Canada’s Digital Services Tax Targeting Tech Giants
Ottawa is under pressure to pause digital services tax legislation that directs large tech companies to make a big retroactive payment by June 30. Canadian and U.S. business groups, organizations representing U.S. tech giants and American members of Congress have all signed letters calling for the tax to be eliminated or paused. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce and other organizations say retaliatory measures in a U.S. spending and tax bill coul…

Calls mount for pause on Canada’s digital services tax targeting tech giants
OTTAWA - Ottawa is under pressure to pause digital services tax legislation that directs large tech companies to make a big retroactive payment by June 30.

Calls mount for pause on Canada's digital services tax targeting tech giants
Ottawa is under pressure to pause digital services tax legislation that directs large tech companies to make a big retroactive payment by June 30. Canadian and U.S. business groups, organizations representing U.S. tech giants and American members of Congress have signed letters calling for the tax t...
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This tax will affect companies such as Amazon, Google, Meta, Uber and Airbnb. The post Ottawa is under pressure to suspend the digital services tax appeared first on Les Affaires.
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