In Britain, multinational corporations have imposed a "tax of Google" of 25%
It seems that the slogan "don't be evil" for Google is in the past and, more and more people perceive the company in a completely different sense, personifying with its help even such an unpleasant fact as tax evasion.
The head of the British Treasury, George Osborne, announced that henceforth large multinational companies operating within the United Kingdom would be taxed at 25% of net profit, which they immediately called the “Google tax” (Google tax), although questions about the withdrawal of profits to the states with a more loyal tax regime (to Ireland, for example) and there are Apple, and Amazon, and Starbucks.
It is likely that the British Treasury does have cause for concern: in 2012, representatives of the Budget Committee were perplexed that Amazon, with 15,000 employees in Britain and a significant number of warehouses, nevertheless, using legal means, pays taxes in Luxembourg with its more than liberal tax regime. Starbucks receives no less cunningly - the company's European headquarters is located in Amsterdam, because there are tax breaks for it and 220 people work there. Whereas in the UK there are 6,500 people in the state, and for some reason taxes are paid at the headquarters of the company.
The situation with taxes in Google looks generally curious. So a member of the Conservative Party, Charlie Elfick, calculated that in 2011 the search giant earned 2.5 billion pounds, and managed to pay taxes only 3.4 million - in other words, about 0.4% of annual income.
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Thus, by introducing a “Google-tax” on transnational companies, the British authorities believe that they really have a reason for this. So far, the specific list of persons involved in the future list is unknown, and it is promised to be presented to the public on December 10, as well as the specific mechanism for implementing the tax.
In this regard, it would also be appropriate to recall that in 2012 the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) called on the EU states to abandon spending cuts in the social sphere, and instead tighten the fight against tax evasion and impose them on the higher rate of the most wealthy citizens.
The head of the British Treasury, George Osborne, announced that henceforth large multinational companies operating within the United Kingdom would be taxed at 25% of net profit, which they immediately called the “Google tax” (Google tax), although questions about the withdrawal of profits to the states with a more loyal tax regime (to Ireland, for example) and there are Apple, and Amazon, and Starbucks.
It is likely that the British Treasury does have cause for concern: in 2012, representatives of the Budget Committee were perplexed that Amazon, with 15,000 employees in Britain and a significant number of warehouses, nevertheless, using legal means, pays taxes in Luxembourg with its more than liberal tax regime. Starbucks receives no less cunningly - the company's European headquarters is located in Amsterdam, because there are tax breaks for it and 220 people work there. Whereas in the UK there are 6,500 people in the state, and for some reason taxes are paid at the headquarters of the company.
The situation with taxes in Google looks generally curious. So a member of the Conservative Party, Charlie Elfick, calculated that in 2011 the search giant earned 2.5 billion pounds, and managed to pay taxes only 3.4 million - in other words, about 0.4% of annual income.
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Thus, by introducing a “Google-tax” on transnational companies, the British authorities believe that they really have a reason for this. So far, the specific list of persons involved in the future list is unknown, and it is promised to be presented to the public on December 10, as well as the specific mechanism for implementing the tax.
In this regard, it would also be appropriate to recall that in 2012 the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) called on the EU states to abandon spending cuts in the social sphere, and instead tighten the fight against tax evasion and impose them on the higher rate of the most wealthy citizens.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/363923/
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