Europe coalesces around taxing foreign AI firms: France €0.055/GB, Germany eyes AI revenue tax
AccBalanced · x · 2026-10-31
Nic Carter argues Europe is converging on schemes to tax foreign AI firms to recoup AI-driven fiscal shortfalls: AI shifts income share from labor (70%) toward capital (60/40), undermining wage-based tax bases that fund European welfare states. levelsio cites concrete moves — France's €0.055 per GB internet traffic tax and Germany considering a tax on all AI-generated revenue — plus wealth and exit taxes, arguing Europe is running out of money to fund pensions. Carter thinks the scheme likely won't work but is logically coherent.
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