Poland will face consequences if it introduces a levy on large technology companies, the incoming US envoy to Warsaw warned on Monday, as the spat between the two allies escalated.
The government seeks to present a model to collect taxes from the so-called Big Tech firms in the coming months, Digitization Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski was reported as saying by PAP newswire on Monday. Tom Rose, whom President Donald Trump appointed as US next ambassador in Poland, called the plan “not very smart” in a post on social media platform X.
Rose said that the new tax would hurt the relations between the two countries and the US president would “reciprocate as well he should.”
The response comes a day after Poland’s Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski clashed with Elon Musk on the X platform over Starlink satellite-internet system for Ukraine and was also accused by the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio of “making things up.”
The US is sanctioning itself
EU really needs to at least get off of American tech in government service. Our tax shouldn’t be going into their pockets.
Yeah let’s see how that is going: https://blog.google/intl/de-de/feed/google-cloud-und-bsi-sichere-cloud-losungen-in-der-offentlichen-verwaltung/
The “BSI” is the German Ministry for security and information security btw
All of Europe should impose those taxes. Trump can impose tariffs if he wants. Let’s see how that goes for them.
Please tax and regulate the fuck about US big tech.
How do you guys think Trump would retaliate? Trade tariffs can only be made against the whole EU instead of just Poland
We have about 130 abrams, f16s make bulk of our airforce and patriots are our only modern long range sam platform. Not to mention f35s and apaches. The orangist could very easily pressure us but sadly our rulling class is bunch of bootlickers and probably are already figuring out how to undermine this bill.
This is why we shouldn’t buy any more US military equipment and cancel all standing orders.
50% tariffs on imported shoe polish
I bet he doesn’t know that.
The US can just impose a reciprocal tax on Polish tech’s US earnings.
Multinational companies should be taxed on turnover in the individual countries, not on profits.
And US companies are not above the law, for fuck sake.
Except the local versions of those companies make zero profit and have no taxable income. This why everyone agreed on a basic business tax rate until the orange monkey pulled out.
Except the local versions of those companies make zero profit and have no taxable income.
They have income/turnover, they just don’t have any profits - which is why I said the turnover of these should be taxed.
My bad. I read a little too quickly.
No problem.
Can’t have money flowing in the “wrong” direction. Duuh
Fuck US
How about some of those “protections” you are giving to tech given to the people?
Silly me we don’t like the people anymore.
Send the ambassador home. They appointed one which loves PiS and hates Tusk just for provocation.
