I disagree with advertizers such as Google paying a tax for the BBC, but everybody that owns a TV in the UK has to pay a yearly TV tax that goes to the BBC. I don't want to give anyone an idea, but to keep with this line a tax would be on ISPs not advertizers.
Why would Google, or any other advertiser, pay taxes to fund a public broadcast station? I don't see other commercial advertisers doing this (note, I'm not from the UK)
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Aarrgghh! Naked Cowboy Neal! The goggles, they do nothing!!
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pedantic mode: Holland is a province of the Netherlands, not the country itself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland ;)
I disagree with advertizers such as Google paying a tax for the BBC, but everybody that owns a TV in the UK has to pay a yearly TV tax that goes to the BBC. I don't want to give anyone an idea, but to keep with this line a tax would be on ISPs not advertizers.
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It's the same here, although now it's part of the income tax: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licence#Netherlands. Hope they don't get the same bright ideas over here!
Why would Google, or any other advertiser, pay taxes to fund a public broadcast station? I don't see other commercial advertisers doing this (note, I'm not from the UK)