Google’s parent company Alphabet will stop using an intellectual property licensing scheme, known as the “Double Irish, Dutch sandwich”, which allowed it to delay paying US taxes.

“We’re now simplifying our corporate structure and will license our IP (intellectual property) from the US, not Bermuda. Including all annual and one-time income taxes over the past ten years, our global effective tax rate has been over 23%, with more than 80% of that tax due in the US”, a spokesman said.

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