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Spanish Authorities Raid Google Offices Over Tax (reuters.com)
An anonymous reader shares a Reuters report:Spanish officials raided Google's Madrid offices on Thursday in a probe related to its payment of taxes, a person familiar with the matter said, barely a month after the internet company had its headquarters in France searched on suspicion of tax evasion. A spokeswoman for Google said in a brief statement the company complied with fiscal legislation in Spain just as it did in all countries where it operated. The company was working with authorities to answer all questions, the spokeswoman added. Google is under pressure across Europe from politicians and the public upset at how multinationals exploit their presence around the world to minimize their tax bills.
It is a matter of fairness. Either business income tax is useful, and there is no reason to let shady companies dodge them. Or they are not useful and no company should pay them.
Overall, I feel that taxing businesses helps avoiding many cases of a company switching from salaries of top employees to business accounts.
Finally, you seem to assume that the Spanish tax code is somewhat the same as the US tax code. I don't know the Spanish tax code, but in France, companies pay a non negligible amount of taxes.