Australia says Facebook and Google are paying more local tax quoting : "The Seattle Times"

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referring to Warren Mayor Jim Fouts, who heads the state's third-largest city, is alleging the city treasurer "hijacked" his Facebook friends list. Mayor Jim Fouts and Treasurer Lorie Barnwell are in a social media war of words after she reached out to his 'friends'Buy Photo Warren Mayor Jim Fouts. "This is UNPRECEDENTED" that an elected official would 'hack' or 'hijack' another official's private Facebook," Fouts wrote Monday on (that's right) his Facebook page. I was not aware that my 'friends' have to be protected of their privacy from another elected official." Barnwell wrote on Facebook that she was "confused on the outrage of Mayor Fouts this morning."


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Australia says Facebook and Google are paying more local tax
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Facebook, Google and other multinational companies are now paying tax in Australia based on their Australian profits instead of shifting income to low-tax countries since the government cracked down on such tax avoidance, the treasurer said Tuesday. The law, dubbed the "Google Tax," targets global companies with annual incomes exceeding AU$1 billion that use financial schemes for the principal purpose of obtaining an Australian tax benefit. Australian tax authorities were currently conducting 71 audits involving 59 major global corporations, Morrison said. "Facebook … are now booking their Australian revenue in Australia, not in Ireland," he said, adding the multinational companies were abandoning contrived structures and restructuring their models to show sales booked in Australia. The Australian Taxation Office has the power to charge tax on profits diverted offshore and to fine the corporations an amount equal to the tax evaded.


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