Google’s sandwich takes bite out of US and Irish coffers

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Tax planning by US software firm, Google cuts overseas tax rate to 2.4%.

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Google’s sandwich takes bite out of US and Irish coffers

Tax planning by US software firm, Google cuts overseas tax rate to 2.4%.

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