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Google & Apple hold firm amidst ever more strident European tax demands

on Jan 28, 2016 | 0 comments

By John Glenday

American technology rivals Apple and Google have found common cause to fight their corner amidst growing demands from across Europe for the firms to pay more tax.

It comes just days after Google agreed to cough up £130m in back dated tax over the past decade for the UK treasury, a sum derided by London mayor Boris Johnson as ‘derisory’ and sent Rupert Murdoch on a rant accusing Google of having “cleverly planted dozens of their people in White House, Downing St, other governments”.

Faced with a public backlash and ongoing investigations from Brussels however both firms are at pains Read full story ›

Source: The Drum