By Seb Joseph

Apple, Amazon, McDonald’s and Starbucks are being unfairly targeted by European tax investigators crackdown on fiscal deals, according to a senior US tax official in charge of international policy.

Robert Slack, deputy assistant secretary for international tax affairs at the US Treasury, blasted EU regulators following recent meetings with them to discuss whether the firms in question are paying enough tax. He thinks there’s a crusade against US companies that’s pushing the investigation to focus disproportionately on those American companies alleged to be exploiting tax loopholes.

The FT reported that Slack said the US Treasury is concerned that the “EU commission appears Read full story ›

Source: The Drum