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Record Nr.

UNINA9910976776203321

Autore

Fuchs Christian

Titolo

The Online Advertising Tax as the Foundation of a Public Service Internet / Christian Fuchs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : University of Westminster Press, , 2018

ISBN

9781911534952

1911534955

9781911534945

1911534947

9781911534938

1911534939

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 p.)

Disciplina

336.2/78

Soggetti

Political Science / Public Affairs & Administration

Business & Economics / Industries / Entertainment

Social Science / Media Studies

Social sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

"Online advertising will soon form the largest share of global advertisement revenues. Google and Facebook netted profits of US $29 billion in 2016. While these two giants control more than 66% of all online advertising revenues complex legal company structures have minimised their tax liabilities. This extended policy report considers where they should be taxed and where the value of their activities is actually created. It argues that tax paid by those platforms should be levied in the country where platform users are located when they click on or view an advertisement. Furthermore, the report examines the practical steps needed to ensure transparent accounting of taxed transactions in order to avoid long term negative effects for media and democracy. Considering counter-arguments the author makes the case for an online advertising tax alongside a public service Internet strategy



that could support other viable platforms and counter the dangers of duopoly or oligopoly and the high risks of financial bubbles in a world where advertising is the Internet's dominant business model."