Re: [projectvrm] France considering tax on personal data

[Joyce Searls < >]

Daniel,

That is a helpful caveat. Please let us know whatever else you discover after 
you read the report.

Joyce

On Jan 21, 2013, at 12:42 PM, Daniel Kaplan 
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> We at Fing haven't been involved directly, but we did interact with one of 
> the report's authors.
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> First of all, it's just a report at the moment. The issue this report had 
> to deal with is simple: Google, FB and other (mostly American) major 
> internet players who live off advertising revenues, bill French firms to 
> advertise towards French customers, and pay no taxes at all in France. 
> Basically, the advertising industry is producing less and less taxable 
> revenues, even though its overall revenues are rising. France is not alone 
> in worrying about that, especially in Europe.
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> So what the report's two authors were looking for, was a source of economic 
> (hence taxable) valuer that was clearly ascribable to one specific country. 
> Since personal data are (pre-VRM) a major source of wealth for 
> organizations who store them, why not make it the basis on which Google et 
> al's taxable revenues are calculated? After all, most people live somewhere 
> within national borders.
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> Now, I'm aware many of you may not loooove taxes, however they're sourced 
> or computed. But here's the interesting part: The report suggests that the 
> tax could be reduced if companies make specific and measurable efforts to 
> allow individuals to access, control, port and use their own data.
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> So in effect, we're talking about a pro-VRM tax incentive.
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> I still need to read the full report, but this is the general idea.
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> Daniel
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> 2013/1/21 Johannes Ernst 
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/21/business/global/21iht-datatax21.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
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> If it's an asset class, it should be taxed, no? ;-)
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