Paris: Google won its fight against a €1.12 billion ($1.3 billion) French tax bill after a court rejected claims the search-engine giant abused loopholes to avoid paying its fair share. Google didn’t illegally dodge French taxes by routing sales in the country out of Ireland, the Paris administrative court decided on Wednesday. More From Livemint »“Google Ireland Ltd isn’t taxable in France over the period 2005-2010,” the court said in a statement. French tax administrators didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment. “The French Administrative Court of Paris has confirmed Google abides by French tax law and international standards,” Google said in a statement.

Source: Mint July 13, 2017 11:15 UTC