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8 July 2016Copyright

Facebook investigated over IP tax affairs

Facebook has been targeted in a lawsuit in which the US government said the social networking site may have undervalued intellectual property rights that it transferred to an Ireland-based subsidiary, a move which cut its tax bill.

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