Bloomberg Tax
Jan. 3, 2019, 9:39 PM UTC

Google Cuts Taxes By Shifting Billions to Bermuda—Again

Sony Kassam
Sony Kassam
Reporter

Google Inc. continued to reduce its taxes for another year by taking advantage of loophole structures—this time shifting $22.6 billion.

The world’s largest search engine and subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. moved 19.9 billion euros in 2017 to Bermuda through intercompany transactions flowing from a shell company in the Netherlands, according to a filing by Google Netherlands Holdings B.V. with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce.

The information comes as tax authorities around the world blast Google for not paying enough tax.

Google used a “Double Irish” with a “Dutch Sandwich” structure to steer its international profits away from higher ...

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