Google pays Rs 3,000 crore to avoid criminal investigation in Italy

Google has agreed to pay €326 million (nearly Rs 3,000 crore) to Italian authorities. With this payment, the tech giant has settled an investigation into alleged unpaid tax claims against the company’s European division. Italian prosecutors, who announced the settlement, have now receommneded that criminal proceedings against Google Ireland Limited be dropped. The investigation focused on Google’s alleged failure to declare and pay taxes on income generated in Italy between 2015 and 2019, primarily from advertising sales.

What Italian prosecutors said about Google’s case