The Amazon logo at the entrance area of the Amazon logistics centre in Lauwin-Planque, northern France. Amazon will be passing the French tax buck to its French clients instead of absorbing the costs itself. — AFP
PARIS: Amazon plans to pass on the costs of France's new digital tax on Internet giants to the businesses that use its Marketplace platform for finding customers, instead of taking the hit itself, the US online retailer said Aug 1.
The levy, approved last month, put France at the vanguard of countries seeking to force big technology firms to pay more in the markets where they operate – but has garnered threats of retaliation from US officials.
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