The Digital Service Tax Emerges as a New Threat to American Innovation

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Beyond the tidal wave of clickbait about COVID-19 and the latest President Trump bombshell, some European Union countries, namely France, have been considering levying an international tax called the “Digital Services Tax” (DST). This tax presumes to collect revenue by taxing gross revenue streams of digital companies. American government officials and industry…