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03-04-2016, 03:33 PM
Facebook to stop re-routing sales and pay the UK more tax
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LONDON — Social media giant Facebook, which has been under fire in Britain for its tax arrangements, said Friday it will stop routing its British sales through Ireland — a practice that had kept its UK tax bill extremely low.
Facebook, Amazon and other multinationals have been criticized for using complex tax arrangements in Europe to drastically reduce their bills.
See also: Facebook Reactions: What we 'Love,' 'Angry' and 'Haha' about the new feature (http://mashable.com/2016/02/27/facebook-reactions-mash-talk/)
Facebook said in a statement that from April, "UK sales made directly by our UK team will be booked in the UK, **t Ireland. Facebook UK will then record the revenue from these sales." It said the change would "provide transparency to Facebook's operations in the UK." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/04/facebook-tax-uk/)
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LONDON — Social media giant Facebook, which has been under fire in Britain for its tax arrangements, said Friday it will stop routing its British sales through Ireland — a practice that had kept its UK tax bill extremely low.
Facebook, Amazon and other multinationals have been criticized for using complex tax arrangements in Europe to drastically reduce their bills.
See also: Facebook Reactions: What we 'Love,' 'Angry' and 'Haha' about the new feature (http://mashable.com/2016/02/27/facebook-reactions-mash-talk/)
Facebook said in a statement that from April, "UK sales made directly by our UK team will be booked in the UK, **t Ireland. Facebook UK will then record the revenue from these sales." It said the change would "provide transparency to Facebook's operations in the UK." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/04/facebook-tax-uk/)
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