Germany is weighing plans for a 10 percent digital tax for internet giants such as Alphabet and Meta, a senior official said Friday, despite the risk of stoking further trade tensions with the United ...

which generate billions in profits in Germany, contribute minimally to the country’s tax base and society. Weimer also criticized the monopolistic tendencies of these digital platforms ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The German government is drawing up plans for a 10 per cent tax on global internet groups such as Meta and ...

Germany's media and culture commissioner Wolfram Weimer said earlier the government was drafting a proposal for such a digital tax but would first invite Google and other big tech companies for talks.