This is news now because there is a UK parliamentary committee hearing (analogous though not identical to a US congressional hearing) into corporate tax avoidan

This is news now because there is a UK parliamentary committee hearing (analogous though not identical to a US congressional hearing) into corporate tax avoidance schemes, and Google is being accused of having misled the parliamentary committee in previous testimony before it: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/may/16/google-denies-disguise-operates-tax http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/may/16/google-deni... I obviously have no knowledge of the specific matter, but in general it is a bad thing if MPs start accusing you of having lied to them, and it is not unusual for whistleblowers to come forward when stuff like that starts to hit the news.