By Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels
14 August 2012
France has enacted a tax on high frequency trading, at a flat rate of 0.01%. This move coincides with a similar draft law under consideration in Germany……Market makers are expressly exempt.
via French High Frequency Trading Tax Enters Into Force.
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