Re:French Senate Backs Bid To Force Google To Disclose Searc...
by moe on Saturday April 18, 2015 @11:20AM
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It is not in Google's interest to flash the true power balance here by cutting off France anyway. They couldn't care less about french revenue, but it would be a global PR disaster, likely resulting in new EU-wide regulations that would then actually hurt Google.
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Re:French Senate Backs Bid To Force Google To Disclose Searc...
by shubb on Saturday April 18, 2015 @11:37AM
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Ah that's a really interesting part of the picture - Google clearly doesn't pay adequate tax on the sales it makes in the EU.
Google are pretty obviously not paying tax like a normal company. To put that more explicitly, they are probably committing massive tax fraud, taking billions in local money and not paying tax on it... that isn't unusual for a mega corporation, and they need local government to continue cooperating. So, the UK gets a big Google office, it's government keeps quiet. I guess France needs one too...