Multinationals like coffee chain Starbucks and online retailer Amazon pay less tax in Austria than one of the country's tiny sausage stands, the republic's center-left chancellor lamented in an interview published on Friday. "Every Viennese cafe, every sausage stand pays more tax in Austria than a multinational corporation," Kern was quoted as saying in an interview with newspaper Der Standard, invoking two potent symbols of the Austrian capital's food culture. Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern addresses a news conference in Vienna, Austria September 2, 2016. Google, Facebook and other multinational companies say they follow all tax rules. "They massively suck up the advertising volume that comes out of the economy but pay neither corporation tax nor advertising duty in Austria," said Kern, who became chancellor in May.

Source: Thanhnien News September 03, 2016 05:48 UTC