EU targets corporate tax avoidance as anger over Google spreads

In the crosshairs: Both Google and Apple have complained they are being unfairly targeted by European authorities discriminating against multinationals.

BRUSSELS: The European Union launched plans to stamp out tax avoidance by multi-national corporations just as anger spread across Europe over the super low taxes paid by Google. 

Economics Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici announced a raft of measures to combat tax avoidance, in addition to EU investigations under way into the tax deals of major groups such as Apple, Starbucks and McDonald’s.