More Taxes on EU E-Commerce

European Commission 🚨 No, you won’t pay the temporary €3 customs duty. From today, e-commerce platforms will pay it per item entering the EU.... E-commerce: fairer competition for EU businesses and better protection for consumers Origin: outside EU Destination: EU Readers added context Studies funded by the European Union itself demonstrate that a substantial part of taxes imposed to corporations are passed down to consumers....

The image shows a European Commission post announcing that e-commerce platforms will pay a temporary €3 customs duty on items entering the EU, alongside promotional graphics about fairer competition and consumer protection. The added context points out that taxes imposed on corporations are often passed on to consumers, making the post’s reassurance about not paying the duty seem misleading. It is used as a sarcastic reaction to announcements claiming that new taxes will not affect ordinary people. EN: The image shows a European Commission post announcing that e-commerce platforms will pay a temporary €3 customs duty on items entering the EU, alongside promotional graphics about fairer competition and consumer protection. The added context points out that taxes imposed on corporations are often passed on to consumers, making the post’s reassurance about not paying the duty seem misleading. It is used as a sarcastic reaction to announcements claiming that new taxes will not affect ordinary people.

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