The dawn raid, which involved around 100 investigators, is part of a probe into whether the internet giant has evaded corporation tax in
France by diverting profits to its European base in Ireland............................French authorities believe that Google owes some €1.6bn
(£1.2bn) in corporation tax and VAT. The raid comes months after the company agreed to pay £130m in back taxes to the UK
Government ...and amid growing scrutiny of 'the tax affairs of Silicon Valley’s multinationals'.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/05/24/google-paris-offices-raided-in-tax-probe/
