Close to four years ago, Europe began to notice that some of the world’s biggest technology companies were paying minimal tax on the billions of dollars they earned across the continent. Among those the U.K. and other governments criticized was Google. Despite the years of debate since, analysis of the search giant’s newly available securities filings shows that over the past three years, the effective tax rate on its non-U.S. profits has remained in the single digits—about 7 percent.
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