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Re Qu??bec Sales tax
From: "Dave Farber" <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 23:10:46 +0000
---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Jean-Francois Mezei <jfmezei_nanog () vaxination ca> Date: Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 7:32 AM Subject: Re: Qu??bec Sales tax To: <nanog () nanog org> On 2018-03-27 18:21, Ken Chase wrote:
If Netflix has no physical presence in Quebec, what the lever are they
going
to use to force this? A lawsuit in <state of netflix incorporation> in the US? What court is going to entertain a foreign jurisdiction's tax claim in their court? And how would that be then enforced?
Or Netflix could just call the QC govt's bluff and just stop serving QC customers and see QC voters rebel against the government if they lose Netflix. The "no presence in Canada" has had other impacts *Netflix refusing to comply to a CRTC request for infornation claiming CRTC doesn't regulate foreign companies with no presence in Canada). (Ironically, Netflix has hired lobysists who are quite active in Canada). The jurisdiction aspect is an important one. Basically, the current structure favour people buying services outside their own country to avoid tax. And it isn't just in Canada. (For instance, the small Canadian streaming services have to charge tax to their customers, but Netflix doesn't. (google/apple do because they have physical presence here). BTW, and this is a serious Orwelian thing, foreign providers who register will be required to give the QC government their customer lists so that the QC govt can find any tax cheaters who pretend to live in different province and charhe penalies of $100 or more to those individuals). So the QC govt will claim some fairly serious extra-territorial powers. ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=18849915&id_secret=18849915-aa268125 Unsubscribe Now: https://www.listbox.com/unsubscribe/?member_id=18849915&id_secret=18849915-32545cb4&post_id=20180327191104:1D3362AE-3214-11E8-92BF-9CE2BBCE584E Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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