French courts surrender to Google
 

American megacompanies are tax-free

Google won its fight against $1.3 billion French tax bill after a court rejected claims the search-engine giant abused loopholes to avoid paying its fair share.

The Judges ruled that Google’s European headquarters in Ireland can’t be taxed as if it also has a permanent base in France, as requested by the nation’s administration. Google didn’t illegally dodge French taxes by routing sales in the country out of Ireland, the Paris administrative court ruled.

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