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Google Gets EU Court Boost in Fight Over Hungary Advertising Tax

  • EU in 2016 decision said the tax violated state aid rules
  • Hungary earlier this year pledged to suspend tax gradually
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Google got a boost in a tax case at the European Union’s top court that’s made the search-engine giant an unlikely ally of EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager in a clash with Hungary.