Google Accused Of UK Tax Avoidance

Courtesy WebProNews - Financial  Mon, 04/20/2009 - 07:34

It's well known that big corporations employee brilliant accountants in an effort to save money at every turn.  Google seems to have been caught doing some less than up-front things, however, as the search giant's been accused of routing revenue through Ireland in order to avoid a big UK tax bill. 

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The Sunday Times hired an accountant to investigate Google, and Robert Watts reported this weekend, "More than 90% of Google's UK revenues are channelled through Ireland, where...


 

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