mo4ch:>Big tech firms pay taxes ‘nowhere’ and it has to change – German vice-chancellor | Mo4ch News

German Finance Minister and Vice-Chancellor Olaf Scholz has accused tech companies of not paying their fair share of taxes, as Google, Amazon and Facebook face increased scrutiny in the EU on the matter.“My biggest concern with the tech companies is that they tend to pay taxes nowhere,” Scholz said during an interview with CNBC earlier this week.In recent months, some countries have targeted the digital giants, stressing that the firms’ revenues should be subject to fairer taxation. The corporations have been accused of trying to route some of their profits to low-tax member states, while benefiting from all European countries’ economies, especially through advertising.Also on rt.comHappy New Year, big tech! France starts taxing Google, Apple, Facebook, and AmazonWhile countries have been unilaterally introducing levies on big tech corporations one by one, Scholz called for “a global agreement” on the matter, adding that “this would help a lot.”France has been leading calls for the pr…