Tax, Orlandi confirms the offensive on Google: “For multinational corporations is changing the climate” – The Republic

Milan – The number one of the Revenue, Rossella Orlandi, confirms the notification of the Treasury to Google, guilty according reconstructions sheriffs tax of evading 227 million on a taxable 300. An offensive that is part of a framework harder for large multinationals. The conference Telefisco , Orlandi stressed that for multinational companies, such as Apple or Google, is changing the “climate”. Also because in these days is about to leave the number of new “preventive tools” that should lead these giants to complying with tax: “The legislature has provided new preventive tools for control of this world, which I hope will lead to a better compliance also by these subjects “. The multinationals, for Orlandi, are realizing that there is “reputational damage that has an economic value too”, they emerge their schemes to pay less tax, “and so is changing the climate” of their relationship with the IRS.

The report to Google. The motivation of these reflections is the new episode of Revenue, together with GDF and Milan prosecutors, who have set its sights on Google. As reported by Republic on newsstands, and confirmed by the Orlandi, “the Financial Police is notifying a statement at this time” to the Mountain View giant. “I can not make statements about ongoing operations” and “we have not met the company”, he specified. The minutes of the verification of yellow flame that emerges is of 227 million Euros the unpaid tax, on an amount of 300 million, to the middle of the Irish company Google Ireland ltd. The minutes will put pen to paper two reliefs: the first is the finding of not declared incomes of hundred million; the second in a finding of non-performing and payment of withholding taxes on royalties of 200 million. Both surveys cover the period between 2009 and 2013. Orlandi claims for his “colleagues” Agency “extraordinary commitment” that are putting in these operations “that have seen Italy appreciated from all over the world “.

A spokesman for Mountain View has commented on the story to ‘ Ansa :” Google complies with tax laws in all the countries it operates in. We continue to work with the relevant authorities ” . The minutes show that the alleged tax evasion would be made by Google through a “permanent establishment occult in Italy”. In detail, there are a failure to targeted IRES statement of income for about 100 million euro with an alleged unpaid tax of 27 million euro (IRES is 27%) between 2009 and 2013; a failure to application and payment of withholding taxes for about 200 million between 2009 and 2013 with an alleged unpaid tax for the same 200 million.

The defense of Apple. The new another fact follows closely around the intes tax with Apple, that Orlandi is back to defend: “There has been no agreement. The word does not accept discounts. Apple has joined a verbal” clarified concerning payment of 318 million euro by the group of Cupertino to the tax authorities on tax evasion made in recent years for its Italian operations. “We worked a lot – said Orlandi. Italy first operation concluded that governments and newspapers around the world recognize us. It ‘was a team effort that has manifested itself as a whole for all cases in ‘area of ​​contradiction. ” The director also stressed the importance of “contrast in behavior evasive large” as in the case of Apple, which has led the Italian tax authorities to control the last year 40% of large companies which ” They are maturing there reputational damage in not being compliant with the tax authorities. ” For the Agency, “there is no differentiation between small and large. Indeed one of the key tasks is to assess and combat behaviors evasive very important. Last year we checked 40% of large companies and the ‘ we did very carefully and with great speed. ” “Certainly – he concluded – there is working very strongly. The clichés do much harm to the country.”

The fight against tax evasion. Other confirmations numbers anticipated by Republic come from the front of evasion. The recovery of tax evasion with regard to the year 2015 was “superior” to the previous year when the figure had reached 14.2 billion, reiterated Orlandi from the conference organized by Il Sole 24 Ore. “I can confirm that in a very difficult year for our organizational problems have continued with strength and determination in recovering previous evasion”, he stressed the Orlandi while specifying, on the sidelines of the event, that the detailed data relating to 2015 is still working. The recovery of evasion “in terms of cash makes an important contribution to the accounts of the state – said the director of the Revenue – but it is only part of our business.”

Coming EU measures . While the tax is a central theme in Italy, comes the package of the European Commission to combat tax evasion of multinationals, which the Commissioner Pierre Moscovici coast to EU countries between 50 and 70 billion a year. The basic idea is to align the rules on tax planning to fight the ‘aggressive’ of companies that operate in several countries and often move profits where it is most beneficial. Today’s package proposes that Member States implement coordinated measures, to strengthen their defenses against the collective tax planning ‘aggressive’. It also establishes a common approach to address threats of evasion in third countries and to prevent the movement of untaxed profits. Transparency measures will ensure that all states have the information needed to find and react to patterns of ‘escapism planned’. In this way, says the Commission, all States will be equipped to avoid situations of ‘double non-taxation’ and ensure that companies pay taxes where they make profits.

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