Google settled with 110 billion yen surplus. Buddhist prosecutor's investigation of tax evasion suspected September 13th 7:03

A major IT company, Google, had been under prosecution for evading tax due to evading tax payments in France, but in Japan, it would pay more than 110 billion yen in fines and additional tax. Announced that it was settled.

The French prosecutor has been investigating for four years ago on suspicion of tax evasion because Google placed its European headquarters function in Ireland, the lowest corporate tax rate in Europe, and avoided tax payments in France. .

Google announced on the 12th that it had settled by paying about 960 million euros in total, including a fine of sanctions and additional taxation, and more than 110 billion yen in Japanese yen.

A Google spokesman commented that “reforms of the international taxation system is the best way to provide a clear framework for tax payments for companies doing business around the world.”