“Senior officials in Washington have made it known they will not stand for rule changes that narrowly target the activities of some of the nation’s fastest growing multinationals. The OECD plan has been billed as the biggest opportunity to overhaul international tax rules since a framework for bilateral tax treaties was first established after the first world war. In the case of Google, in 2011 French tax officials demanded €1.7bn (£1.47bn) in back taxes. Google settled the case, agreeing to paying €60m. The French president, François Hollande, said it was ‘a model for effective partnership and is a pointer to the future in the global digital economy.'”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jul/14/us-tax-avoidance-google-amazon
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