New Tax on Internet Businesses?

[P1 TUR]

I read in a recent Sunday Times article about Google that Lord Carter the Communications Minister is proposing a new tax on internet businesses. Can anyone shed any light on this please?

[V8mate]

Do you mean this one?

[anonymous-user]

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

[Simpo Two]

'Every home in the UK will have to pay an internet piracy tax as part of a new Government commitment to give every household broadband access by 2012'

Broadband access to every home is not the same as 'internet piracy'. Sorry, it's just a tax to pay for chav PCs. Perhaps the theory is that if they're on Twitter, they won't steal cars?


(Anyway, don't worry, there won't be a Government soon)

Edited by Simpo Two on Monday 18th May 13:02