MPs accuse Google of ‘devious’ tax behaviour

Its corporate motto may be “Don’t be evil” but Google was accused of being devious, calculating, and unethical as British MPs put pressure on its tax regime.

Eric Schmidt, Google’s CEO, has previously tried to divert attention away from the level of corporate tax that the company pays by highlighting its employment record.

“The people we employ in Britain are certainly paying British taxes, and more importantly, they’re British citizens and they’re driving a lot of GDP. I think the most important thing to say about our taxes is that we fully comply with the law, and well, obviously, should the law change, we’ll comply with that as well,” he said.