Raids against Google’s headquarters. Believes the company owes 15 billion – Dagbladet.no

(Dagbladet): It was Tuesday conducted an extensive raid in technology giant Google’s headquarters in Paris. According to police, should be a part of a larger investigation related to money laundering and tax evasion. It writes British The Guardian.

The raid, which was conducted in the morning hours, involved more than 100 investigators, and will help the authorities to find out whether the company has failed to pay tax in France by posting revenues in Ireland which is their European base.

the French authorities believe that Google owes them as much as 15 billion in taxes.

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the news comes just a few months after the company agreed to after paying 1.6 billion tax money to the UK for the period 2005 to 2014.

Meanwhile, Google needs to come pay more tax on their English advertising revenue.

in Norway especially Schibsted fronted requirement for equal tax for Norwegian media companies and multinational companies like Google and Facebook. It wrote Dagens Næringsliv in January. If not, they believe it is impossible to win the battle against online giants.

– Cooperation

Google has, like many other technology companies, established base in Ireland. The reason for that is that corporate taxes are considerably lower here than in many parts of Europe.

A spokesman for Google said according to the British The Telegraph that they are now collaborating with French authorities.

– we follow the French legislation, as in all other countries where we operate. We are working together with the authorities in Paris to find answers to their questions, said the person.

Warns

Earlier this month warned several Norwegian parliamentarians the Norwegian government against follow the British in pursuit of a tax settlement.

– Companies can not even be in determining the level of taxation, said Sps Marit Arnstad to class struggle.

SV Snorre Valen called such a tax treaty the greatest threat to the welfare state.

Google paid the rest 2.9 million kroner tax in Norway in 2014 – according to the class struggle at a rate of microscopic 0.15 percent.