Osborne’s ‘Google tax’ on overseas profits now raises zero revenue, Treasury reveals

Measure hailed as ‘world-leading’ in 2015 not forecast to generate any funds for six years

A “Google tax” introduced by the coalition government to crack down on multinationals shifting profits overseas has been criticised as a “total failure”, as new documents show it is predicted to raise no money over the next six years.

The diverted profits tax, introduced in 2015, was hailed as a pioneering effort to tackle multinationals who were reducing their UK corporation tax by shifting profits overseas.

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