[New post] After criticism of UK’s $185M back-tax deal with Google, France demands a whopping $1.76B

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Thursday, 25 February 2016

Ben Lovejoy posted: " Just one day after the UK's public spending watchdog described the £130M ($185M) back-tax paid by Google in the country as "disproportionately small," France is demanding a rather larger sum. Reuters reports that the country's finance ministry believe" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on 9to5Google After criticism of UK’s $185M back-tax deal with Google, France demands a whopping $1.76B by Ben Lovejoy Just one day after the UK's public spending watchdog described the £130M ($185M) back-tax paid by Google in the country as "disproportionately small," France is demanding a rather larger sum. Reuters reports that the country's finance ministry believes Google owes €1.6B ($1.76B). "As far as our country is concerned, back taxes concerning this company amount to 1.6 billion euros," the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said [...] Earlier this month, Finance Minister Michel Sapin ruled out striking a deal with the U.S. search engine company as the British government recently did, saying the sums at stake in France were "far greater" than those in Britain ...  Read more of this post Ben Lovejoy | February 25, 2016 at 4:38 am | Tags: Europe, European commission, European Union, France, Google, Google France, tax, tax deal, UK | Categories: Google Corporate | URL: http://wp.me/p1w6tN-yIO Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from 9to5Google. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://9to5google.com/2016/02/25/google-tax-france/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com