Brussels, March 15 (EFE) .- The multinational Apple (NASDAQ 
and Google (NASDAQ :), IKEA and McDonalds defended today that meet the tax legislation in Europe and said they “do not avoid taxes,” since they are governments who make the laws and include or not incentives and tax advantages that may benefit them.
Several multinationals such as Apple, Amazon (NASDAQ :), Google, McDonalds, Fiat and Starbucks (NASDAQ have been criticized for minimizing tax payments through offices in European countries that enjoy better tax treatment, such as Luxembourg, Ireland or the Netherlands.
the vice President for European Operations Apple, Cathy Kearney, stressed before the special committee of Parliament on tax rulings and tax reforms that the company “pays the taxes which we operate according to the law.”
Apple has its European headquarters in the Irish city of Cork, and is under investigation by the European Commission, which suspected illegal Ireland grants tax benefits.
“in Europe, our taxes reflect our operations in procurement, distribution and sales. We paid the most in the US, “he said Kearney.
” Do not shirk taxes in Europe, “he said.” We have not avoided any tax, “stressed the representative of Apple and other company representative in the European Parliament .
Apple also said paid 12.5% in corporate taxes in Ireland and not only 2% claimed by the MEP Group of European Conservatives and Reformists Bernd Lucke.
“we pay 13,200 million dollars in taxes in the world,” he said, although the company was against spread the tax information of what you pay, considering it “confidential”.
the head of the economic policy of Google in Europe and other parts of the world, Adam Cohen, said the company supports a multilateral strategy within the OECD, the G20 and the EU, but asked avoid legal changes without order, because it could create ” uncertainty, raising the risk of double taxation and protracted disputes between jurisdictions “.
He stressed that are” governments that drafted the rules and companies fulfill them. “
” the structure Google’s business complies with the law and decisions and reflects the tax incentives that have been developed during previous decades, “he said.
” This is not a singularity of Google. We use incentives and structures that are known, widely available and used by virtually all multinationals, “he said.
He added that, if the rules change, the multinational” will fulfill them. “
vice President for Corporate tax McDonalds, Irene Yates, also emphasized that the fast food chain “complies with applicable laws” and paid “on time and the amount due of all taxes owed in each country in which it operates “.
He recalled that between 2011 and 2015 paid in the EU over 2,500 million dollars in corporate taxes, regardless of other taxes such as social and immovable property or paid by franchisees.
“Our local companies are based in countries where they operate and are subject to the law that is applied” in each case, said Yates.
the CEO of Inter IKEA Group, Soren Hansen, said the governing body and having through Ikea Systems (in the Netherlands) the intellectual property assets under which retailers Ikea and other brand users operate, “pay taxes online with laws and regulations, we operate where we operate “.
” the laws and regulations legislators develop them. We as a company will comply, “also said.
(More information on the European Union euroefe.euractiv.es)
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