Google 'devious over tax bill'
Google was branded devious, calculating and unethical as furious MPs stepped up pressure on the internet giant over its efforts to shelter its multi-billion profits from UK taxes.
Google branded 'devious' over its UK taxes
Google was branded "devious," "calculating" and "unethical," as furious MPs stepped up pressure on the internet giant over its efforts to shelter its multi-billion profits from UK taxes.
MPs from the Public Accounts Committee quizzed the company's UK boss Matt Brittin as to why he has sales staff in the UK while registering profits from sales deals in Ireland - where tax is 10 percent lower.
ITV News Business Editor Laura Kuenssberg reports:
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