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American billion or European billion? In this case I think the distinction is important (I guess it's the first case... the latter would be... big, very big, hu
by RBerenguel 13y ago
American billion or European billion? In this case I think the distinction is important (I guess it's the first case... the latter would be... big, very big, hugely, mindbogglingly big)
- p4bl0 13y agoLike I said, 1 billion €, so a "European billion". Yes it is a lot of money. But even more so is the amount of money that Google earned in France and managed not to declare to the fisc (the French tax administration).
- RBerenguel 13y agoSure, it's almost the definition of tax (it should be less than the amount earned.) I hope they pay, it's not like we are floating in money in Europe currently.
- Luc 13y agoNah, it's a thousand million, a milliard in other words. It's confusing. https://www.google.com/search?q=google+france+milliard+impots https://www.google.com/search?q=google+france+milliard+impot... The anglosphere uses short scale billions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales#Current_usage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales#Current_...
- p4bl0 13y agoYa I didn't know that. I thought his question was € vs $, which is why I didn't quite understood it. Thanks for picking up my mistake.
- Zarel 13y agoTo clarify, a European billion is an American trillion [1] (an American billion is a European milliard), which is why RBerenguel said "the latter would be... big, very big, hugely, mindbogglingly big." [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales
- ikusalic 13y agoJust to clarify: in continental Europe and USA billion means different number. [0] I'd guess USA billion, as it's about taxes and taxes can't be bigger than what Google is worth... [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales
- p4bl0 13y agoHe, I didn't know that, thanks for sharing.
- logfromblammo 13y agoDon't assume. They are French taxes, after all. It's entirely possible that Google could owe them more than the net worth of the planet.