There are sales taxes on each sale (GPU sales / Cloud VMs sales / etc...)
Meta point: governments want to tax each money transfer - when people are paid, when selling a real estate property, when selling stocks, when selling goods and services. Every time money changes hands governments want to take a piece. This is the easiest way for me to understand taxation in pretty much any jurisdiction.
Meta point: governments want to tax each money transfer - when people are paid, when selling a real estate property, when selling stocks, when selling goods and services. Every time money changes hands governments want to take a piece. This is the easiest way for me to understand taxation in pretty much any jurisdiction.