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Re:Spanish authorities raid Google offices over tax by ForHackernews on Thursday June 30, 2016 @09:31AM (#12008345)
It seems like they should just assess tax liability based on something other than where a company locates its headquarters.

Maybe in order to do business in jurisdiction X, where "doing business" == "selling ads" in Google's case, you have to pay taxes to X.

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Re:Spanish authorities raid Google offices over tax by ptaipale on Thursday June 30, 2016 @09:51AM (#12008478)
The selling of ads is already taxed. It's called VAT. It's a major revenue source for both EU, and all member nations.
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