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Google escapes €1bn French tax bill

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Paris administrative court ruled on Wednesday that the French state could not ask Google to pay out €1,115-billion in taxes. It said the US tech company cannot be taxed for the activities of its AdWords service because it has no "permanent establishment" in France, pointing out that Google's European headquarters, staff and servers are in Ireland. The exemption was based on a law from 1928.

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