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Good luck with that. The European Common Market legislation means that selling services from Ireland to France is incredibly well protected.
by AndrewDucker 14y ago
Good luck with that. The European Common Market legislation means that selling services from Ireland to France is incredibly well protected.
- mjwalshe 14y agoAh this is the "frech" we are talking about who have along history of ignoring stuff they dont like. All tehy have to do is let it slip that "double dutch" tax dodges are thretening the CAP budget and the farmers will riot and burn down a few forign owned buildings
- benbataille 14y agoIndeed, it is. As long as you operate from Ireland that is. The French tax authorities apparently have proofs that the whole business is done in France by employees of Google France but billed in Irland. So, technically, if I understand correctly, Google France is accused of paying Google Irland for prestations that don't exist since they haven't been done by Google Irland and that's illegal. Summing undeclared revenues and penalties and considering the size of Google, I'm not overtly surprised it reaches one billion. I guess Google is going to contest the validity of the tax authorities proofs and it's going to languish in courts for some time until they eventually decide to settle on a lower figure. Considering that this whole tax dodging is clearly gaming the system, I'm certainly not gonna shed a tear for them anyway. If you do business in a country, it seems only fair to pay its taxes.