We have corporation tax as well as income tax for a reason. I'm no accountant or tax lawyer, but it's obvious Google are playing games with the UK. According t

We have corporation tax as well as income tax for a reason. I'm no accountant or tax lawyer, but it's obvious Google are playing games with the UK. According to their own filings, they made $4bn from UK sales in the last financial year. The representative yesterday shrugged it off and tried to make out all Google do in the UK is have a bunch of promotions/localization staff. They (Google UK Ltd) receive all their income from Google in Ireland, and end up reporting a loss, meaning they pay a nominal amount of tax to the UK tax authorities. $4bn in sales from the UK market and they pay UK tax authorities around $5mn in tax. That's why people are angry, and that's why their representative was getting laid into by MPs yesterday.