The tax on digital giants will be levied in 2020, the French Ministry of the Economy confirmed on Wednesday, despite threats of American reprisals on $ 1.3 billion in French products, including handbags and cosmetics.
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Companies subject to this tax have received a tax notice for the payment of the 2020 installments
," said this source about the "
Gafa tax
", an acronym for Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple, introduced in 2019 by France which accuses these American multinationals of not paying their fair share of tax.
