EU opens McDonald's tax probe

EU opens McDonald's tax probe

The European Commission has opened an investigation into the tax affairs of fast food giant McDonald's. EU competition officials will look at the US firm's tax dealings in Luxembourg. It follows similar probes into agreements sealed by Starbucks and Amazon. The EU executive says deals between McDonald's and the government of Luxembourg struck in 2009. They meant the food chain paid no corporation tax in Luxembourg or in the United States on royalties paid by franchise holders in Europe and R… READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2015/12/03/eu... What are the top stories today? Click to watch:    • Top Stories   euronews: the most watched news channel in Europe Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... euronews is available in 13 languages:    / euronewsnetwork   In English: Website: http://www.euronews.com/news Facebook:   / euronews   Twitter:   / euronews   Google+: http://google.com/+euronews VKontakte: http://vk.com/en.euronews