Google chiefs could face UK MPs over tax avoidance schemes

Google chiefs face the prospect of being hauled before MPs to explain themselves over their tax avoidance schemes, the Independent has learned.A member of the Treasury Select Committee called the company’s practices, which saw it pay £6m in tax on a turnover of £395m last year, “entirely improper and immoral” and said he expects a Google exec to be called before MPs by next Easter.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/google-chiefs-could-face-mps-over-tax-avoidance-schemes-8036882.htmlAlso see:MP warns Google could face questions over tax arrangements
Executives at global search giant Google could be called before MPs “before Easter” as part of an investigation into the use of tax avoidance schemes by international companies operating in the UK, an MP has said.Speaking to the Independent, Treasury Select Committee John Mann said that it would be appropriate to call representatives of Google before the Committee to explain complex tax arrangements used by the company which, although legal, result in it allegedly moving most of its earnings to Bermuda.
http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2012/august/mp-warns-google-could-face-questions-over-tax-arrangements/