"Netflix tax" earns $38 million for Quebec

By Denis Carmel

QUEBEC – Back in May, 2019, the province of Quebec reported it had collected from 102 suppliers of digital goods based outside of Québec – operators of “specified digital platforms” – $15.5 million in Quebec sales taxes.As of August 31, the province announced that amount has now increased to $38 million being added to the coffers of the Government of Quebec. The number of contributors has increased to 108 companies and contributors pay on a quarterly basis. While forcing foreign digital companies to collect sales tax is spread across industries, readers will be well aware this issue has often been...