Budget 2027: the tax on digital data adopted by deputies is debated

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Tax data circulating on the Internet to make digital giants contribute to public finances. This is the objective of a socialist amendment adopted Friday in the National Assembly, as part of the 2027 budget.

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Supported by MP Laurent Lhardit, the measure provides for a tax of 0.055 euros per gigabyte (GB) of data transmitted to French Internet users. It would be paid by content providers, including Google, Meta, Amazon or Netflix, and not directly by users.

Internet service providers would be responsible for measuring the volumes of data exchanged, without accessing their content, then transmitting this information to the tax administration.

According to the socialists, this tax could bring in 10 billion euros per year. They believe that the digital giants, which generate a large part of French Internet traffic, do not contribute enough to the tax. The system, however, provides for a capping of 15% of the turnover achieved in France or 2% of the total turnover of the companies concerned.

The idea is not new. In 2025, the National Rally had already proposed a contribution on Internet traffic, rejected in committee.

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Public ballot No. 9336 concluded with 11 votes for, 10 against and 14 abstentions, out of only 35 voters. The socialists obtained the support of rebellious deputies, environmentalists and the communist and overseas group. The ten elected representatives of the National Rally participating in the vote abstained, as did four LFI deputies, allowing the adoption of the amendment despite the government's opposition.

The Minister of Action and Public Accounts, David Amiel, notably warned that half of the expected revenues could come from more modest content providers, particularly French. The general budget rapporteur, Philippe Juvin, for his part highlighted the risk of seeing platforms pass this tax on to their customers.

However, the measure is far from being definitively adopted. In particular, it will have to pass the Senate stage, where it could be deleted.

While content providers are directly liable for the tax, there is no guarantee that they will not pass the cost on to their users.

Machine-translated from French