Google agrees to pay Italy $340 million to settle tax evasion investigation

WorldBusiness & Finance
19 Feb 2025 • 6:56 PM MYT
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Italian prosecutors on Wednesday said they are seeking to have a tax evasion investigation against Google dropped after the tech giant agreed to pay a 326 million euro ($340 million) settlement.

Milan prosecutors had opened an investigation against Google for failure to pay taxes on earnings in Italy from 2015-2019. The investigation focused on revenues from the sale of advertising, and cited the presence of servers and other infrastructure in Italy.

Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Tech giant Google previously paid over $1 billion to French authorities to settle a years-long dispute over allegations of tax fraud.

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