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Australian Govt Pledges Action On Google Tax Evasion

Posted by samzenpus on from the pay-up dept.

daria42 writes "Looks like Google's habit of funneling billions of dollars in revenue through its Irish and Bermuda subsidiaries continues to attract unfavorable government attention globally. France has already announced plans to take on the search giant's tax evasion habits, and the Australian Government, to which Google paid just $74,000 in tax last year despite having Australian revenues close to $1 billion, has now confirmed plans to do the same."

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  1. Re:How are they legally allowed to do this? by WindBourne · · Score: 4, Informative

    If so, then loads of prior art. MS, IBM, GE, etc come quickly to mind.

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  2. Re:It isn't very different by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Avoidance is merely evasion that has not yet been shown to be illegal.

    Is English your native language?

    What's your point? Regardless of whether the words "evasion" and "avoidance" are synonymous or similar in general usage, the distinction between "tax evasion" and "tax avoidance" as referring to illegal and legal activities respectively is widely accepted and standard terminology.

    If you don't know this, perhaps it says more about *your* ignorance of the language.