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Re:Spanish authorities raid Google offices over tax by relearn on Thursday June 30, 2016 @09:52AM (#12008495)
>So basically Google inc (in a tax haven) makes Google Spain pay for the use of the Google brand 8 billions. Google Spain never makes a profit since it needs to pay a fee for using the brand, thus never have to pay taxes on their huge profit, that's how they get away with it.

I've seen you post this several times. Do you have a source that I could read up on this?

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Re:Spanish authorities raid Google offices over tax by leonhandreke on Thursday June 30, 2016 @10:14AM (#12008668)
It's a bit more complicated than that, but yes, it seems that that's how it works: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Irish_arrangement
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