Fraud blame on Google’s Paris office
The French police and Tax officials raided Google’s office at Paris of an ongoing probe into tax fraud, reports say. The raid was carried out at the Paris headquarters of Google, near the Gare Saint-Lazare in the ninth arrondissement, reported Le Parisien newspaper. A source told that the paper operation was carried out “in top secret” in a bid to avoid any leaks. Google CEO Sundar Pichai defended Google’s tax practices during a visit to Paris in February.
Google is one of several companies that have come under fire in Europe for paying extremely low taxes by shifting revenue across borders in an often.Authorities demanded that Google pay €1.6 billion ($1.7 billion) in back taxes, a source close to the matter said in February, as controversy mounts over the tax arrangements of multi-national corporations.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai defended Google’s tax practices during a visit to Paris in February.
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