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As predicted, Amazon passes on 2% sales tax onto small businesses

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Originally written by Timothy Adler on Small Business
Entrepreneurs say that Amazon has “shafted” small businesses by passing on the Government’s new 2 per cent digital sales tax.
Instead of forcing the internet giant to pay its fairer share of corporation tax, all the new digital sales tax has done is hiked up fees to sellers, “punishing small businesses in a crisis,” according to Amanda Thomson, founder of Thomson & Scott, which sells alcohol-free and sparkling wine on Amazon.
The Government launched the 2 per cent digital sales tax in April with the aim of getting internet giants to pay their fair share of tax. At the time, Amazon UK country manager Doug Gurr warned all that would happen was that his company would pass the levy onto its small business sellers, which is exactly what has happened. The same thing happened in France.
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Amazon has told UK small businesses using its services to sell products that it will increase its fees by 2 per cent. Some say they will have to pass on the cost to consumers.
“This self-employed group, who already pay their taxes in the UK, have become collateral damage

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Small business will pay price for government’s digital tax, says Amazon

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Originally written by Timothy Adler on Small Business
Amazon has said that it could pass the cost of the government’s planned 2 per cent digital tax onto small businesses that sell through it.
The 11 March Budget is expected to introduce the “digital services tax”, a 2 per cent levy on UK revenues of technology businesses, which pay little or no domestic corporation because their European headquarters are based in tax havens such as Ireland or Luxembourg.
The government expects the new tax to bring in almost £500m a year.
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However, Amazon UK country manager Doug Gurr, told the Financial Times that the tax could raise costs for small businesses which use its sales and delivery platform.
When France introduced a 3 per cent levy in July 2019, Amazon hiked its charges for small business sellers by the same amount.
Gurr said: “If you are not careful in the design, these taxes can actually hit all of the small businesses that use our services. The majority of sales on our marketplace are independent businesses. If that tax is passed on to them, that is quite a significant hit.”
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