I believe the article is just poorly worded in that regard. > "It says that Google pays taxes worth up to 9 percent of its revenues outside the EU" They're si

I believe the article is just poorly worded in that regard. > "It says that Google pays taxes worth up to 9 percent of its revenues outside the EU" They're simply asserting that Google currently pays 9% of its revenue in taxes outside of the EU. I don't believe they are calculating their lost tax revenue that way. To answer your question in the EU corporate tax is yes based on profit. Your revenue minus your expenses.