Tech Giants’ Surcharges on Canadian Advertisers Remain, Despite Ottawa’s Vow to Scrap Digital Services Tax

Tech giants’ surcharges on Canadian advertisers remain, despite Ottawa’s vow to scrap digital services tax

Google and Amazon have not said whether refunds will be issued to businesses once the DST is formally rescinded

Killing the Digital Services Tax is a step backwards

Canadians are handing over billions in data assets each year to U.S. firms and receiving zero returns for it.

Digital services tax retreat risks showing ‘Canada will fold’ in Trump trade talks, warn experts

The DST has long been a sticking point in Canada-U.S. relations, after the Liberals tried to close what they saw as a loophole for American firms raking in millions of dollars in Canada without paying taxes.

Who wanted to kill the Digital Services Tax?

Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump at G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alta., on June 16. A number of lobby groups and Big Tech companies wanted to see the tax go away long before Trump threatened to call off trade talks with Canada over the levy. (The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck) Canada’s Digital Services Tax is dead, but not before the U.S. Chamber of Commerce spent nearly two years lobbying federal lawmakers in its home country…