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Thats the thing; they bought this product from Ireland not from England and they in fact do have an office in Ireland. Just because someone chatted with someone

• DanBC 13y ago
  > Just because someone chatted with someone else in England about it doesn't make it an "english sale". If almost all of the work was done in England then it's an English sale. The fact that Google contrives a bizarre situation where their English sales (between English staff and English customers delivered in England, not Ireland) have a tiny bit of work done in Ireland should be irrelevant. I'm not sure how you can call it an Irish sale when the money changing hands is Sterling not Euro, between banks in England not Ireland, and arranged by staff and customers in England not Ireland.
  • bifrost 13y ago
    > If almost all of the work was done in England then it's an English sale. Not true at all. If my company (an american one) goes to the UK for a sales/marketing push, and we make sales, the sale is booked as a US sale. The currency and banks used to pay for the deal have no standing whatsoever. My company can even hold a UK bank account, we can accept payment in UKP, it still doesn't change the fact that the income is booked as a US transaction. The deciding factor is under what jurisdiction the contract is signed, in this case its Ireland because thats where Google chose to close the deal (its clearly stated in the article). It may be vexsome, but this is a direct result of bad tax policy.