英國(guó)宣布2020年將對(duì)科技巨頭征收數(shù)字服務(wù)稅

The UK government has announced a new "digital services" tax of 2% that it plans to start levying on the UK revenues of tech giants like Amazon, Google and Apple, based on the money they make on digital services like advertising and streaming entertainment (but not online sales).

英國(guó)政府宣布計(jì)劃開(kāi)始征收一項(xiàng)新的“數(shù)字服務(wù)稅”，稅率為2%，征稅對(duì)象為亞馬遜、谷歌和蘋(píng)果等科技巨頭，征稅范圍包括它們通過(guò)廣告和流媒體娛樂(lè)(但不包括在線銷(xiāo)售)等數(shù)字服務(wù)在英國(guó)賺取的收入。

Announced last Monday as part of the 2018 Budget by UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond, the tax is due to come into effect in April 2020.

作為2018年預(yù)算計(jì)劃的一部分，英國(guó)財(cái)政大臣菲利普·哈蒙德于上周一公布了這項(xiàng)將于2020年4月生效的新稅。

Hammond said the government expects to raise more than 400 million pounds annually based on current revenues.

哈蒙德表示，根據(jù)這些科技公司目前的收入，英國(guó)政府預(yù)計(jì)每年可征得超過(guò)4億英鎊的稅收。

"This is not an online sales tax on goods ordered over the internet," he said, saying that such a tax would end up getting passed down to users.

他表示：“這不是對(duì)通過(guò)互聯(lián)網(wǎng)訂購(gòu)的商品征收的網(wǎng)上銷(xiāo)售稅，”這種稅最終將轉(zhuǎn)嫁到用戶身上。

The digital services tax will be paid by companies that are profitable, he said, and making at least 500 million pounds per year in global revenues.

哈蒙德稱(chēng)，數(shù)字服務(wù)稅將由每年全球營(yíng)收至少為5億英鎊、利潤(rùn)豐厚的公司支付。

To be clear, the UK government expects large companies, and not startups, to "shoulder the burden" of the tax, the Treasury noted.

英國(guó)財(cái)政部指出，需要申明的是，英國(guó)政府希望大公司而不是初創(chuàng)企業(yè)“承擔(dān)這筆稅負(fù)”。