First head rolls under GDPR rules

French regulators have fined Google nearly $57 million for violating Europe’s strict new data privacy rules.

Even Apple will pay tax

President Donald (Prince of Orange) Trump suggested he could place a 10 percent tariff on smartphones and laptops imported from China, he said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.

Denmark, Ireland and Sweden block French moves

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire's efforts to get the European Union colleagues around a new tax on tech giants have stalled.

Two per cent but it is better than nothing

Technology giants will have to pay more tax in the UK under new government regulations.

Which will pay for our poor business model

The Screen Composers Guild of Canada is calling for a copyright tax on all broadband data use above 15 gigabytes per month. The music composers argue that this is warranted because composers miss out on public performance royalties.

US Tech horrified

European finance leaders called for progress on global rules to tax the digital economy at a meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bankers in Argentina on Sunday.

Says the cash will prejudice its tax appeal 

Fruity cargo cult Apple is snubbing an EU investigation into tax evasion saying that if it were involved, it would prejudice its challenge to an EU order to pay up to 13 billion euros ($15 billion) in back taxes to Ireland.

Pretty much what the EU has been saying all along

The Irish government's tax man was asked by the government what he thought Apple owed the country over its dodgy tax arrangement and he agreed with the EU.

Even if he loses, it is not as if he is going down

Samsung Electronics’ ailing chairman, Lee Kun-hee, was named by South Korean police as a suspect in a $7.5 million tax evasion case that involved the use of bank accounts held by employees.

Bend it, shake it, anyway you want IT

Tech leviathan Google is up to its tax tricks again.