Ant Sharman

Google Granted the Right to Buy and Sell Electricity (Switched)

Feb 22nd 2010 2:13PM I wonder where Google (Inc.(Energy)) will be claim to reside - for the purposes of tax?
Google (UK) is registered in Ireland as a Lichtenstein SARL company and so pays nominal taxes there, so as a company earning in excess of a billion pounds sterling per annum from the UK users, it only pays the UK government only 6 hundred thousand in taxes. A fraction of what a "true" UK company earning that amount would pay.
If GoogleLife were ever to come into existence, Rowedahelicon, you would probably have to share that kidney with 15 thousand other users . . .