It is a key vote to be held, Wednesday, March 16: County of San Francisco to decide whether to grant a tax exemption for six years the editor of microblogging service Twitter messages. The company threatened because of "relocate" its headquarters and 350 employees in Brisbane, a few miles south. Companies based in San Francisco pay a tax of 1.5% on their payroll, paying companies for more than 150,000 dollars (110,000 euros) a year salary.
A tax that few municipalities were established in California Twitter, but also Zynga, the publisher of games such as Farmville, therefore considering leaving the city for failing to pay. San Francisco could then pass a special tax exemption applicable to a district that concentrates businesses of new technology, exempting them from paying this tax for six years.
The economy, for Twitter, would amount to $ 22 million (16 million). The proposal is far from unanimous in one state, California, at the edge of bankruptcy for several years, while home to some of the most promising of the United States. John Avalos, Supervisor of a disadvantaged district, opposed the measure, reports the San Francisco Examiner.
"Who are the shareholders of Twitter? Probably some of the richest people in the country. And we give them more money. "The proposal should be slightly amended before the vote to reduce the geographic area covered by the exemption in a neighborhood where many empty buildings are available.
AMAZON" relocate "Before social networking, it is mostly e-commerce sites that have played the card of employment to obtain tax benefits, even to antagonize local authorities. This is particularly the case of Amazon. Many states s 'insurgent now against the refusal of the online commerce giant to pay the tax on product sales, which varies between 6% and 10%.
It's Texas, though little suspect of pursuing a policy of taxation excess, which launched the battle last year. The State has claimed at Amazon tax arrears of $ 269 million. Amazon had initially tried to negotiate, arguing that its major depot in the state was operated by a subcontractor, not the company itself.
Without convince the taxman Texas. The response of the giant online sales occurred in February: Closure of the dispatch center. "We expected to expand this facility and expand our business in Texas, bringing 1000 new jobs and tens of millions of dollars of investment in the state, and we regret having to change our plans, "explained the company then.
L effectiveness of this employment blackmail is not obvious. Last week, the governor of Illinois signed a law aimed notably Amazon, which strengthens the system of collecting VAT on e-commerce sites. 
A tax that few municipalities were established in California Twitter, but also Zynga, the publisher of games such as Farmville, therefore considering leaving the city for failing to pay. San Francisco could then pass a special tax exemption applicable to a district that concentrates businesses of new technology, exempting them from paying this tax for six years.
The economy, for Twitter, would amount to $ 22 million (16 million). The proposal is far from unanimous in one state, California, at the edge of bankruptcy for several years, while home to some of the most promising of the United States. John Avalos, Supervisor of a disadvantaged district, opposed the measure, reports the San Francisco Examiner.
"Who are the shareholders of Twitter? Probably some of the richest people in the country. And we give them more money. "The proposal should be slightly amended before the vote to reduce the geographic area covered by the exemption in a neighborhood where many empty buildings are available.
AMAZON" relocate "Before social networking, it is mostly e-commerce sites that have played the card of employment to obtain tax benefits, even to antagonize local authorities. This is particularly the case of Amazon. Many states s 'insurgent now against the refusal of the online commerce giant to pay the tax on product sales, which varies between 6% and 10%.
It's Texas, though little suspect of pursuing a policy of taxation excess, which launched the battle last year. The State has claimed at Amazon tax arrears of $ 269 million. Amazon had initially tried to negotiate, arguing that its major depot in the state was operated by a subcontractor, not the company itself.
Without convince the taxman Texas. The response of the giant online sales occurred in February: Closure of the dispatch center. "We expected to expand this facility and expand our business in Texas, bringing 1000 new jobs and tens of millions of dollars of investment in the state, and we regret having to change our plans, "explained the company then.
L effectiveness of this employment blackmail is not obvious. Last week, the governor of Illinois signed a law aimed notably Amazon, which strengthens the system of collecting VAT on e-commerce sites.
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