India vs Google, Oct. 2017, Income Tax Appellate Tribunal

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Google Ireland licenses Google AdWords technology to its subsidiary in India and several other countries across the world.

The Tax Tribunal in India found that despite the duty of Google India to withhold tax at the time of payment to Google Ireland, no tax was withheld. This was considered tax evasion, and Google was ordered to pay USD 224 million.

The case has now been appealed by Google to the Supreme Court of India.







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