Google to pay €1 billion in France to settle fiscal fraud probe

By Simon Carraud and Mathieu Rosemain on Sep 13, 2019 6:40AM

Google to pay €1 billion in France to settle fiscal fraud probe

May create precedent for other large tech firms.

Google agreed to pay close to 1 billion euros (A$1.6 billion) to French authorities to settle a fiscal fraud probe that began four years ago in a deal that may create a legal precedent for other large tech companies present in the country. French investigators have been seeking to establish ...

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