Several EU Governments Reject Plan to Tax Big Internet Companies

A European Union plan to tax big internet firms like Google and Facebook on their turnover was on the verge of collapsing after several EU governments rejected it and announced national initiatives instead. Under a proposal from the EU’s executive Commission in March, EU states would charge a 3 percent levy on the digital revenues of large firms that are accused of averting tax by routing their profits to the bloc’s low-tax states.