
MEPs approved a tax of 5.5 cents per gigabyte transmitted to individuals, aiming to bring in 10 billion euros.
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The measure is included in the 2026 draft budget. It aims to tax data producers at the rate of 5.5 cents per gigabyte.
Freezing the income tax scale: an effort “of a few euros per month for a few hundred thousand households”
The impact of this measure, included in the 2026 draft budget, is “proportionally much smaller than that which we will ask of wealthier and wealthier households,” underlines Amélie de Montchalin.
Budget: MPs vote in favor of a new tax on digital data, expected to bring in 10 billion euros
In a sparse chamber, parliamentarians approved the creation of a new tax system, obliging “data producers” to pay 5.5 cents per gigabyte transmitted to individuals.
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Implementation of the tax as part of the final 2026 budget.
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