Google Spared $1.3 Billion Tax Bill With Victory in French Court
- Google Ireland doesn’t have permanent establishment in France
- Google doesn’t owe additional taxes from 2005-2010 period
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Google won its fight against a 1.12 billion-euro ($1.3 billion) French tax bill after a court rejected claims the search-engine giant abused loopholes to avoid paying its fair share.
Google didn’t illegally dodge French taxes by routing sales in the country out of Ireland, the Paris administrative court decided Wednesday. Judges ruled that Google’s European headquarters in Ireland can’t be taxed as if it also has a permanent base in France, as requested by the nation’s administration.