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.
Hodge accuses Google UK boss of 'unethical behaviour'
Committee chairman Margaret Hodge has accused Google UK boss Matt Brittin of "devious, calculated and, in my view, unethical behaviour in deliberately manipulating the reality of your business in order to avoid paying your fair share of tax to the common good".
She added: You are a company that says you do no evil and I think that you do do evil in that you use smoke and mirrors to avoid paying tax."
Mr Brittin said: "We comply fully with the laws that are set down by politicians. Tax is not a matter of choice, tax is a matter of following the law."
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'Call a spade a spade' - Google under attack
A stroppy session of one of Westminster's most powerful committees and one of the world's biggest businesses is just drawing to close.
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Google's UK boss facing tough tax questions from MPs
Google UK boss Matt Brittin is facing questions from MPs over where it makes its ad money - and whether they should be paying more tax here.