In what likely amounts to a combination of headline-chasing and genuine frustration, members of the British Parliament sounded off this week on Google and the company’s tax practices. Margaret Hodge, chair of the public accounts committee, told Matt Brittin, Google’s northern Europe boss, that Google’s behavior on taxes was “devious” and “unethical.” She added, for posterity, that Google does indeed “do evil,” a reference to Google’s longstanding motto, “Don’t be evil.”
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Google Scolded on Taxes by British MPs
Posted by: David Vranicar May 17, 2013 09:15 AMIn what likely amounts to a combination of headline-chasing and genuine frustration, members of the British Parliament sounded off this week on Google and the company’s tax practices. Margaret Hodge, chair of the public accounts committee, told Matt Brittin, Google’s northern Europe boss, that Google’s behavior on taxes was “devious” and “unethical.” She added, for posterity, that Google does indeed “do evil,” a reference to Google’s longstanding motto, “Don’t be evil.”