Industry Criticizes National Parcel Levy in Austria
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Shipping agents with more than 100 million euros of sales in Austria will have to pay parcel tax from today.
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der Standard DE16 million parcels from the Far East land daily in the EU. A national fee is intended to reduce low-cost imports to Austria and ensure fairer competition. A signpost by the new game rules in online trade
In the fight against Temu, Shein & Co., 2.40 euros will be charged for most online orders from tomorrow in Austria. However, consumers will also be asked to pay in addition to this at many domestic internet retailers.
For orders from Amazon, Temu, Zalando and Co, a new tax will be due from October. What changes for consumers:
Green: Instead of requiring tech giants, the government passes the bill to the people Since today, the new package tax applies. For customers, this means 2.40 euros more for many online orders. "The government has claimed to ask the large online retailers to pay. In fact, these pass the costs to the customers. [...] The article Götze: Package tax becomes collateral damage for customers and domestic companies first appeared on TOP News Austria - …
Industry criticizes national parcel levy in Austria
As of today, Austria has introduced a national levy of 2 euros per parcel for large online sellers. The measure applies to online stores and marketplaces generating more than 100 million euros in annual sales to customers in the country. Thousands of other businesses are affected indirectly. Resistance to the…
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