Google brought the case in Hungary after the commission decided the tax violated EU state-aid rules because its progressive rates unfairly benefited some companies. — AP
Google got a boost in a tax case at the European Union’s top court that’s made the search-engine giant an unlikely ally of EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager in a clash with Hungary.
The company’s Ireland unit should win its challenge over Hungary’s controversial advertising revenue tax, an adviser at the bloc’s highest court said on Thursday.
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