Google Joins Apple in Drawing French Tax Collectors’ Ire
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Google Inc., Apple Inc. and other Internet-linked companies may soon feel the long arm of the French taxman.
In what may be Europe’s first such effort, President Francois Hollande’s government says it will look into changing laws next year that will block the ability of online companies to pay levies on French earnings in European countries with lower tax rates. The government is also weighing options for common European value-added taxes.