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Is France hitting the other big companies with tax shelters or singling out Google for some reason? I'm not sure.

It's not just Google. McDonald's, too.

http://nytimes.com/2016/05/27/business/french-tax-officials-...

Any other tech companies like Microsoft or Apple? Apple also uses Irish dodge plus its stored profits are always in the news. I'd be surprised if they didn't go after them.

So only American companies?

Do you really think the french tax office just ignores domestic french tax evasion?

No. The french tax office does not exist solely to go after American companies. America giving these companies a free pass to pay little to no tax is ridiculous. They are stealing from your society.

What French or non-American companies are they hitting for over a billion dollars? So far, we have Google (U.S.) and McDonalds (U.S.). In the past, Europe pulled same stuff on Microsoft but I don't remember if it was E.U. or what country.

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