Turkey, the products offered in the digital environment Digital Service Tax (DHV) applies. rate 7.5 percent the DHV; from computer programs to advertisements to games. visual, audio and/or written includes digital content. Companies such as Google, Facebook, Spotify, Netflix are taxpayers of this tax.
Not only Turkey has taken a step on the Digital Service Tax. 136 countries under the leadership of OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) recently, 15% global tax agreed to. Tech companies will have to pay taxes.
136 countries agreed: Technology companies will no longer be able to evade taxes!
Under the leadership of the OECD, agreements were reached between 136 countries. Big tech companies will no longer be able to use different countries to evade taxes.
The US does not favor the Digital Services Tax
The US Government had previously launched an investigation for digital services taxes imposed on technology companies by countries such as Turkey, England, Italy and Brazil. In the statement made by the authorities, this tax ‘discrimination’ described as. According to the news of Reuters, a new statement came from the US Treasury Department on the subject.
Following the global minimum corporate tax, with which 136 countries have agreed, the Ministry abolition of digital services taxes He repeated his request once again. The authorities, who stated that the talks with the authorities on this issue are continuing, said that if a compromise is reached, the USA will be involved. including Turkey stated that it will not impose additional customs duties on countries.
For those who do not know the subject; USA to countries that impose a Digital Services Tax in retaliation decided to impose additional customs duty. As a result, it was stated that trade tensions between Turkey and other countries would increase. However, it has been reported that the US authorities have suspended the application of additional customs duties for a while.
Negotiations are currently ongoing. If taxes are lifted, the United States will not need to retaliate.