Google: Do no evil, pay no tax

John Oates
The Register
Monday, Dec 21st, 2009

Google has been accused of swerving UK tax on the £1.6bn it makes in Britain.

To be fair, Google does pay some tax – about £140,000 on interest on cash in the bank held here. But its offshore status means it, quite legally, avoids paying £450m in corporation tax

Lib Dem deputy leader Vince Cable accused Google of not playing fair. He said the firm was ducking its social responsibilities, especially in a time of recession.

The search giant employs 770 people in the UK and makes 13 per cent of its revenues here, the Sunday Times reports.

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