Spain Postpones ‘Google,’ and ‘Tobin’ Taxes, Expansion Reports

The Budget Minister postpones so-called ‘Google’ and ‘Tobin’ taxes, which were set to come into effect on Saturday, Expansion reports citing unidentified people with knowledge of the matter.

• Delay due to lack of regulation, platform needed to collect the taxes, newspaper says
• Delay could be until the summer
• NOTE: ‘Google tax’ is a digital services tax, ‘Tobin’ is a financial transactions tax
• NOTE: Oct. 19, Spain Gazettes Laws Implementing Digital Services Tax, Financial Transactions Tax

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