Google CEO is open to paying more tax, but question is where


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 25 Jan 2018

Sundar Pichai, Chief Executive Officer of Google, speaks during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland January 24, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Google is willing to pay more tax globally, Sundar Pichai, the chief executive officer of the largest business unit of Alphabet Inc, said at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. 

“We are happy to pay more tax, whatever the world agrees to,” Pichai said, noting that the company’s current blended global tax rate is 20%. But he said the question was where Google should pay. 

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