UK rules out proposed online sales tax - The Times
|The Times reported that the UK has ruled an online sales tax proposal, as it would not adhere to the European Union (EU) rules.
The UK newspaper reported that Mel Stride, a minister in Britain’s Finance Ministry, wrote Nicky Morgan, chairwoman of the Treasury select committee, to say there was a “high risk” that any such tax would breach the bloc’s state aid rules.
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