Google head defends company's UK tax arrangements

Name: Google head defends company's UK tax arrangements
Uploaded: 2016-02-11T09:35:18.000Z
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Description: The head of Google in the UK has defended the company's tax arrangements before MPs, as Andy Verity reports.

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Google's UK chief has defended the search giant's tax arrangements in front of the Commons Public Accounts Committee.

Matt Brittin said he understood public anger about the amount of tax paid, but insisted the company was paying 20% tax on its UK profits, not the 3% figure cited in some reports.

Andy Verity reports.

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11 February 2016