UK could drop plans to tax tech firms in rush to secure US trade deal
(The Guardian Business News)

Trade experts raise doubts about digital sales tax aimed at companies such as GoogleBoris Johnson´s plans for a multibillion-pound tax on tech companies such as Google and Facebook may be dropped in the post-Brexit rush to secure a trade deal with the US, trade experts have suggested.The prime minister said internet companies needed to make a `fairer contribution`, as he indicated on Tuesday he would push ahead with a digital sales tax, despite opposition within his cabinet and a US backlash against similar plans from the French government. Continue reading...