Google Ireland pays exchequer €218m to settle unspecified 'tax matters'

The tax payment was for "adjustments for corporation tax of prior periods", according to the latest statement for its Ireland-based company.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Google community engagement manager Teresa Weafer, and head of Google Ireland Nick Leeder at the launch of a local employment initiative in Dublin in September. 

Google Ireland struck an agreement with Revenue to pay over €218m in corporation tax to resolve unspecified "tax matters" over previous years.  

The amount paid also included interest payments on the tax, the latest accounts from Google Ireland Limited reveal. The €218m payment was likely paid over to the exchequer last month, the Irish Examiner believes.