英國宣佈2020年將對科技巨頭徵收數字服務稅

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).

英國政府宣佈計劃開始徵收一項新的“數字服務稅”，稅率爲2%，徵稅對象爲亞馬遜、谷歌和蘋果等科技巨頭，徵稅範圍包括它們通過廣告和流媒體娛樂（但不包括在線銷售）等數字服務在英國賺取的收入。

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.

作爲2018年預算計劃的一部分，英國財政大臣菲利普·哈蒙德於上週一公佈了這項將於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，根據這些科技公司目前的收入，英國政府預計每年可徵得超過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：“這不是對通過互聯網訂購的商品徵收的網上銷售稅，”這種稅最終將轉嫁到用戶身上。

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，數字服務稅將由每年全球營收至少爲5億英鎊、利潤豐厚的公司支付。

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

英國財政部指出，需要申明的是，英國政府希望大公司而不是初創企業“承擔這筆稅負”。