英國宣布2020年將對科技巨頭征收數(shù)字服務稅

The UK government has announced a new "digital services" tax of 2% that it plans to start levying on the UK revenues of tech giants like Amazon, Google and Apple, based on the money they make on digital services like advertising and streaming entertainment (but not online sales).

英國政府宣布計劃開始征收一項新的“數(shù)字服務稅”，稅率為2%，征稅對象為亞馬遜、谷歌和蘋果等科技巨頭，征稅范圍包括它們通過廣告和流媒體娛樂(但不包括在線銷售)等數(shù)字服務在英國賺取的收入。

Announced last Monday as part of the 2018 Budget by UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond, the tax is due to come into effect in April 2020.

作為2018年預算計劃的一部分，英國財政大臣菲利普·哈蒙德于上周一公布了這項將于2020年4月生效的新稅。

Hammond said the government expects to raise more than 400 million pounds annually based on current revenues.

哈蒙德表示，根據(jù)這些科技公司目前的收入，英國政府預計每年可征得超過4億英鎊的稅收。

"This is not an online sales tax on goods ordered over the internet," he said, saying that such a tax would end up getting passed down to users.

他表示：“這不是對通過互聯(lián)網(wǎng)訂購的商品征收的網(wǎng)上銷售稅，”這種稅最終將轉(zhuǎn)嫁到用戶身上。

The digital services tax will be paid by companies that are profitable, he said, and making at least 500 million pounds per year in global revenues.

哈蒙德稱，數(shù)字服務稅將由每年全球營收至少為5億英鎊、利潤豐厚的公司支付。

To be clear, the UK government expects large companies, and not startups, to "shoulder the burden" of the tax, the Treasury noted.

英國財政部指出，需要申明的是，英國政府希望大公司而不是初創(chuàng)企業(yè)“承擔這筆稅負”。