http://wccftech.com/the-digital-tax-conundrum-eu-gets-ready-to-swing/

EU vs. Google, Apple and Facebook

It’s no secret that government tax departments around the world have struggled to get to grips with the behemoths of modern growth, those digital companies who are almost ubiquitous in many of our daily lives. I’m of course talking about the Googles (NASDAQ:GOOGL 931.95 -0.36%) of the world. Huge, multinational organisations that “optimise” their tax affairs to such an extent that they have large cash piles squirrelled away in low tax jurisdictions around the world.