UK PAC: Impossible to judge fairness, but Google’s £130 million settlement ‘seems disproportionate’
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UK PAC: Impossible to judge fairness, but Google’s £130 million settlement ‘seems disproportionate’

Matthew Gilleard
February 24, 2016

The UK parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has failed to reach a verdict in its report on the legitimacy of Google’s £130 million ($181 million) tax settlement with HMRC.

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