The French government is reportedly seeking a pretty hefty $1.76 billion (€1.6 billion) in taxes it believes Google has avoided paying in the country. The sum dwarfs the $180 million (£130 million) sum agreed with Google by the British government last month for back taxes owed between 2005 and 2015, despite the UK being Google’s second-largest market. As was the case when Google appeared at a hearing in the UK to defend its tax arrangements, a spokesperson speaking to Reuters on the French figure said: “the company obeyed tax rules in all countries where it operated.” The sum has not yet been made official but once…
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