Rupert Murdoch Attacks Google Over U.K. Tax as Cameron Defends Deal
News Corp. chairman lets rip on Twitter, accusing Google of utilizing lax tax laws and deploying “brilliant lobbying”.
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Rupert Murdoch, whose News Corp. paid no U.K. net tax at all between 1987 and 1999, attacked Google parent Alphabet Inc.'s tax deal with the U.K.
"Google et al broke no tax laws,'' Murdoch wrote on Twitter. "Now paying token amounts for p r purposes. Won't work. Need strong new laws to pay like the rest of us.''