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post 01 January 2001
News Read more from Krishnan Guru-Murthy on Gurublog Google fights back on tax

As the tide turns on big corporations and tax, I challenge Google UK to show me in person the web giant's contribution to Britain - and to argue the case tonight on Channel 4 News.

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article 16 May 2013 UK
Google accused of doing 'evil' over UK tax affairs (G)
Google accused of doing 'evil' over UK tax affairs

Internet giant Google is accused of using doing "evil in using smoke and mirrors to avoid paying tax" by MP Margaret Hodge during testy exchanges before the public accounts committee.

post 16 May 2013
Siobhan Kennedy is the Business Correspondent, and her beat includes everything from industrial action and the long term impact of the recession to where growth is coming from in the economy. Read more from Siobhan Kennedy Google in the hot seat - but HMRC feeling the heat

Matt Brittin, Google's boss in northern Europe, will be showing a humble face in front of MPs this morning. But it is the taxman who should face the toughest questions.

article 22 April 2013 Business
Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt (Getty)
Google boss 'worried' about potential triple dip - video

Google's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt tells Jon Snow the British government needs to "find a way" to get the economy growing and insists the internet giant pays its taxes "fair and square".

article 27 March 2013 World
Biggest ever online attack underway - perhaps (Getty)
by Jennifer Rigby Huge internet attack - but stay calm

A spam-fighting network and an online hosting company are locked in an online battle which they say is slowing down the internet globally in one of the biggest ever attacks - but is it?

article 06 March 2013 Sci/Tech
The Channel 4 News data baby, watch her grow.
Introducing the Channel 4 News data baby

Meet Rebecca Taylor, 27, the Channel 4 News data baby who will help us explore how everything from the news you read to the prices you pay, are a result of your online searches and clicks.

article 16 February 2013 UK
George Osborne tackles the problem of multinational companies which avoid tax (pic: Reuters)
Osborne urges action on tax avoidance

Chancellor George Osborne renews his call for global action to tackle the problem of multinational companies which move their profits around to avoid tax.

article 04 January 2013 World
Eric Schmidt and North Kotrean leader Kim Jong-Un (pictures: Reuters)
by David Doyle Google's Eric Schmidt criticised over North Korea trip

Google's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt's planned trip to North Korea with a former diplomat is branded "unhelpful" by the US government.

article 11 December 2012 UK
How sport topped internet trends in 2012
by Brian Whelan How sport topped web trends in 2012

This was the year that Euro 2012 dominated Google search but everyone was talking about the Olympics on Twitter.

post 04 December 2012
News Read more on FactCheck with Cathy Newman Tax avoidance: cracks in the offshore crackdown

The latest government promise to get tough with corporate tax dodgers raises more questions than it answers.