income from online music listening platforms will be taxed from 2024

The government announced, Wednesday December 13, the implementation from 2024 of a tax on the turnover of online music listening platforms, wanted by Emmanuel Macron. This obligatory contribution, which must finance the sector, will be “based on a very low levy rate on platform turnover” streaming platforms concerned, the Ministry of Culture learned from AFP. The exact terms of the tax have not yet been revealed, nor the annual amount that it should bring in and which should finance the sector.

The question of a streaming tax has divided the French music industry for more than a year. Six organizations welcomed the positive vote in the Senate in November, during the examination of the 2024 draft budget, while platforms like Deezer and number one Spotify are fighting this measure. Opponents of the tax, for their part, plead for a voluntary contribution, affirming again on Wednesday in a joint press release that they had reached an agreement, bringing together Apple, Deezer, Meta, Spotify, YouTube and TikTok, to mobilize “more than 14 million euros” in 2025.