Google pays $55 million tax in Britain on 2012 sales of $5 billion
LONDON (Reuters) - Google, which has been grilled twice in the past year by a UK parliamentary committee over its tax practices, had a UK tax bill of 35 million...
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Special report: How big tech stays offline on tax
LONDON (Reuters) - Big business was having none of it. In January 2013, a lobby group which represents the largest corporations in the world wrote a letter to the body...
Amazon criticized over low German tax bill
LONDON (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's main German unit paid income tax of just 3 million euros in 2012 after the group channeled sales to German clients of $8.7 billion via...
Governments to target tech giants’ tax avoidance: draft
BERLIN/LONDON (Reuters) - Western governments are set to target a range of tax loopholes used by technology giants including Apple, Amazon as part of an international drive to tackle corporate...
Bermuda says won’t agree UK Territories tax deal before G8
LONDON (Reuters) - Bermuda's premier is not ready to sign an international transparency convention that he said Britain's prime minister had planned to achieve ahead of the G8 summit in...
UK lawmakers’ report criticizes Google’s tax affairs
LONDON (Reuters) - British lawmakers described Google's tax affairs as "contrived" in a report released on Thursday and called on the UK tax authority to vigorously investigate whether the company...
The Irish loophole behind Apple’s low tax bill
LONDON (Reuters) - Apple's ability to shelter billions of dollars of income from tax has hinged on an unusual loophole in the Irish tax code that helps the country compete...
UK opposition calls for country-by-country tax reporting
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour party, tapping into widening public anger over corporate tax avoidance, wants the government to push for new international rules to force companies to report...
UK tax authority sees risk in changing corporate avoidance rules
LONDON (Reuters) - The UK's tax authority has said international tax rules currently under review for failing to tackle tax avoidance can be of benefit to Britain and there are...
French, German politicians to pressure Google on tax
LONDON (Reuters) - Politicians in Germany and France say they will press for Google Inc to be quizzed on corporate income tax after a Reuters report highlighted how the company...