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Silicon Six accused of avoiding $278bn in taxes, new report says

  • Analysts accuse six major U.S. Tech firms, known as the Silicon Six, of evading nearly $278 billion in corporate taxes over the past decade, as reported by The Guardian.
  • The Silicon Six generated $11 trillion in revenue and $2.5 trillion in profits, but only paid an average of 18.8% in taxes according to the Fair Tax Foundation.
  • The Fair Tax Foundation's Chief Executive, Paul Monaghan, stated that tax avoidance seems to be built into these corporations’ structures and noted their significant political influence.
  • Amazon claimed that the suggestions are extremely misleading, while a spokesperson emphasized that companies follow the tax rules established by governments.
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According to a report, Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, Netflix, Apple, and Microsoft have built tax avoidance into their business models.

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Amazon, Meta, Alphabet (Google), Netflix, Apple and Microsoft paid an average effective rate of only 18.8% in US corporate tax, according to an analysis by the Fair Tax Foundation.

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[Digital Daily Reporter Jo Yoon-jung] As it was revealed that Google's Korean corporations paid approximately 24 billion won in corporate taxes last year, the controversy over tax evasion by big tech companies is expected to flare up again. Criticism is being raised that most of their domestic sales are processed as overseas corporation sales, thus paying relatively low corporate taxes. According to an audit report released on the Financial Supe…

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Alternet broke the news in Washington, United States on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.
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