France may impose a new tax on smartphones and tablets - Interfax

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Paris. May 13. INTERFAX.RU – The French government is considering to introduce a new tax on smartphones and tablets, reports the Associated Press.

The proposal passed on Monday the country’s president Francois Hollande, provides, inter alia, the introduction of a 1% tax on the sale of devices that provide access to the Internet. Tax, for design proposals will affect, first of all, companies such as Google, Apple and Amazon, and can bring the French budget of about 86 million evro.Eti money will be spent to support a system of cultural exclusivity France – internal policy that protects the French cultural (first of all, musicians and filmmakers) from foreign competition, especially from the U.S.. In the coming weeks in France will host a series of meetings between representatives of the government and the cultural sector for discussions on the proposal.