A panel of UK lawmakers will reportedly question representatives from Google and its auditor, Ernst & Young, on 16 May over tax arrangements.
The latest move follows a report by Reuters of Google’s activities which reportedly brought to the forefront inconsistencies in the company’s tax arrangements in the UK.
Investigation by the news agency found Google executive Matt Brittin saying that the company doesn’t conduct sales to UK customers from the UK, although some of its staff and UK customers think it does.
The news agency reported that Ernst & Young welcomed the opportunity to help the committee’s inquiry.
"We support improving certainty and transparency in the global tax system and compliance with it," Ernst & Young said.
Last month, Google executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, defended the Internet search giant’s tax avoidance policies in the UK and said the company fully complies with the law.
Earlier this month, a survey carried out by marketing professionals magazine ‘The Drum‘ is said to have exposed Google’s tax practices in Britain with some of the company’s clients having questioned its assertion that its UK team was not engaged in advertising sales.
