UK to drop ‘Facebook tax’ in favour of post-Brexit trade deal
Recently introduced tax would have raised £500m, helping to reduce Britain’s huge Covid bill
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The UK government is preparing to drop a recently introduced tax on global technology companies such as Facebook, Google and Amazon, due to fears that the so-called “Facebook tax” could jeopardise a post-Brexit trade deal.
Rishi Sunak is reportedly planning to ditch the digital services tax which was expected to generate about £500m to help pay towards the huge cost of the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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