tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031268682953077542.post2077991996382158544..comments2010-03-18T16:51:48.579+08:00Comments on Boulder2Beijing | 砬到北京: An alternative theory on Google's threatened exit ...Micah Schwalbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15624254479321270166noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2031268682953077542.post-49900814140768865632010-03-18T16:51:48.571+08:002010-03-18T16:51:48.571+08:00I have an alternative to the 'censorship' theory.
...I have an alternative to the 'censorship' theory.<br /><br />Google is one of the most rampant tax minimizing of all large corporations on the planet.<br /><br />Despite having an active salesforce across China, all advertisers can remit their advertising payments for Google.cn services to Ireland, where corportate tax is levied at a remarkably low 12.5%.<br /><br />Search on "Google tax evasion" and you can find stories from across the globe. Google was find GBP47 million in Turkey, there are claims of GBP450 million evaded in the UK, in China, Australia.<br /><br />Despite clearly delivering a major service in China with .cn domains and servers and sales staff based here, Google continues to allow huge numbers of Chinese customers to pay directly to its Irish billing operations rather than to its local subsiduary Google China.Chrisnoreply@blogger.com