‘Sausage stands’ pay more tax than Amazon, Starbucks & other international giants – Austrian chancellor

‘The amount being paid in taxes by international giants like Amazon and Starbucks which are present in Austria is smaller than that paid by a sausage strand or a small cafe, the country’s chancellor has claimed, stressing that it is totally unacceptable.
“Every Viennese cafe, every sausage stand pays more tax in Austria than a multinational corporation,” Chancellor Christian Kern said in an interview with newspaper Der Standard. “That goes for Starbucks, Amazon and other companies.”
He also criticized internet giants, like Facebook and Google which manage to swallow a massive part of the advertising market despite being ruled by a relatively small number of people. According to the chancellor, Google has a “good dozen” employees, while there are “allegedly even fewer” for Facebook.’
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