Claim: Independent experts have suggested that Google is paying an effective tax rate on its UK profits of around 3%.
Fact-check: Is Google paying 3% tax? - Full Fact
Verdict: this all comes down to how people think google's "economic activity" in the uk should be defined. several experts have said that the amount of tax that google is paying over the last decade represents only around 3-5% of the profits that they think google should be taxed on. hmrc says that google will be paying the full tax due. without the full details, we don't know to what extent this agreement accounts for the concerns that people have about google's tax arrangements.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Amy Sippitt
Date published: 2016-01-28T00:00:00