French fisc to use social media

Part of the 2020 Finance Law which is being finalised authorises tax officials to do mass collections of social media and online sales site data so computers can analyse it to better target controls

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Published Wednesday 30 October 2019 - 15:00 Modified Wednesday 30 October 2019 - 15:00

The aim is to identify people making undeclared money from online selling.

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