France to introduce tax on tech, internet firms from Jan 1
France Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire on Monday said a new tax will be imposed on large global technology and internet companies starting January 1, 2019. "The tax...will be for the whole of 2019 for an amount that we estimate at â¬500 million (around $570 million)," he added. The tax is named "GAFA" after Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon.