Fiscal fraud probe: Google to pay 465 mn euros in additional taxes in France

Reuters: Google said on Thursday it agreed to pay 465 million euros in additional taxes to French authorities, boosting the total settlement to end a fiscal fraud probe in the country to nearly 1 billion euros.

France’s financial prosecutor office earlier said Google had agreed to pay half a billion euros in fine to settle the four-year old investigation.

“We have put an end to the tax and related disputes we had had in France for many years,” Google said in a written statement.