Amazon to pass on UK digital tax to sellers in fees hike

In July, the UK’s digital services tax (DST) became law after receiving royal assent. The 2 percent tax applies to revenues from social media platforms, internet search engines, and online marketplaces. When developing tax policy, lawmakers often ignore the incidence of a tax, or who actually pays the tax. Many times, this is different from who is legally required to pay the tax. Just because a 2 percent revenue tax applies to large digital companies does not mean that the companies will bear the entire cost of the tax. Read More : Why Does Accounting matter for your Amazon Store? One online marketplace has already provided evidence of this. According to reporting from Bloomberg, Amazon has announced that it will be increasing a variety of fees on UK sellers by 2 percent beginning in September. The announcement comes a year after Amazon announced a similar fee increase for French sellers when France adopted a 3 percent digital services tax. The digi...