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Re: Qu??bec Sales tax
From: Jean-Francois Mezei <jfmezei_nanog () vaxination ca>
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 18:30:24 -0400
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.
Current thread:
- Québec Sales tax Jean-Francois Mezei (Mar 27)
- Re: Qu??bec Sales tax Ken Chase (Mar 27)
- Re: Qu??bec Sales tax Jean-Francois Mezei (Mar 27)
- Re: Qu??bec Sales tax Alain Hebert (Mar 28)
- Re: Qu??bec Sales tax Ken Chase (Mar 28)
- Re: Qu??bec Sales tax Jean-Francois Mezei (Mar 28)
- Re: Québec Sales tax Eric Dugas (Mar 27)
- Re: Québec Sales tax Jean-Francois Mezei (Mar 27)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Québec Sales tax Eric Dugas (Mar 27)
- Re: Qu??bec Sales tax Ken Chase (Mar 27)