<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>You find me one corporation that doesn't avoid tax in weird and wonderful ways. The IRS is your man, well, your organization, to nail down whatever crosses the line between avoidance and evasion. Meanwhile, can we concentrate on the governance aspects of this, please?<br><br>--srs (iPad)</div><div><br>On 13-Dec-2012, at 10:52, "Ian Peter" <<a href="mailto:ian.peter@ianpeter.com">ian.peter@ianpeter.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div>Yes, I agree with the sentiments expressed by Parminder and Louis. Google
is behaving badly in many ways, and its tax avoidance is a prime example. This
being raised now is not some sort of anti-Internet conspiracy, its an expression
of frustration that they are able to get away with this.</div>
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<div>But I don’t really think much will be achieved by a letter.</div>
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<div style="font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a title="pouzin@well.com" href="mailto:pouzin@well.com">Louis Pouzin (well)</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 13, 2012 4:07 PM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a title="governance@lists.igcaucus.org" href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a> ;
<a title="suresh@hserus.net" href="mailto:suresh@hserus.net">Suresh
Ramasubramanian</a> </div>
<div><b>Cc:</b> <a title="salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com" href="mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com">Salanieta T.
Tamanikaiwaimaro</a> ; <a title="parminder@itforchange.net" href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net">parminder</a> </div>
<div><b>Subject:</b> [governance] Re: Telecom TV on Google and
Taxes</div></div></div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 5:51 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
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<div>A strong -1</div>
<div><br>--srs (iPad)</div>
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<div><br>On 13-Dec-2012, at 10:10, "Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro" <<a href="mailto:salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com" target="_blank">salanieta.tamanikaiwaimaro@gmail.com</a>>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 5:33 PM, parminder <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net" target="_blank">parminder@itforchange.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><br><font face="Verdana">Rather
shameful that google paid 3 percent tax on its overseas profit!! It surely
leaves it with a lot of money to spend in lobbying and advocacy efforts to
keep global markets free for its unlettered operations... Like organising
campaigns against ITU, German legislature, and so on.
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<div>What does the list think? </div>
<div>+1 if you think the IGC should write a letter to Google</div>
<div>-1 if the IGC should not write a letter to Google</div>
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<div>As always the IGC decides </div>
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