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Brussels in crackdown on
“double Irish” tax loophole
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Brussels is challenging the
“double Irish” tax avoidance measure prized by big US tech and pharma groups,
putting pressure on Dublin to close it down or face a full-blown investigation.
As part of an ambitious and contentious tax clampdown, Europe’s top competition
authority asked Dublin earlier this year to explain the controversial tax system
used by the likes of Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Abbott
Laboratories.
欧盟威胁将全面调查爱尔兰税收漏洞
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欧盟正挑战美国大型科技和制药集团青睐的“双层爱尔兰”的避税举措，这将向爱尔兰施压，要求其结束这种做法或者接受全面调查。作为一项雄心勃勃且颇具争议的税收打击计划的一部分，今年早些时候，欧洲最高级别的竞争监管部门曾要求爱尔兰就谷歌、微软、Facebook和雅培等公司对采用的争议性税收安排做出解释。
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