Google tax deal: MPs criticise secretive settlement

Public accounts committee says £130m deal seems ‘disproportionately small’ compared with size of UK business

Google’s controversial tax deal cannot be properly assessed by MPs because of secrecy surrounding the negotiations, according to a report by parliament’s public spending watchdog.

But the deal to pay £130m in back taxes for a 10-year period seems “disproportionately small when compared with the size of Google’s business in the UK”, the public accounts committee has found.

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