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by rsj_hn 3116 days ago
Welcome to the world of tax avoidance. For example, if the software is assigned to a subsidiary in the Isle of Man, which "licenses" the use of the software to Google France, then Google France in the high tax jurisdiction pays these licensing fees to Google Isle of Man, shifting profits from the high tax to the low tax jurisdiction. This is one of many tricks available.

See this Forbes' article on transfer pricing as tax avoidance:

https://www.forbes.com/2010/06/24/tax-finance-multinational-...