date:Nov 13, 2012
Britain's Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which is charged with monitoring government financial affairs, invited the companies to give evidence amid mounting public and political concern about tax avoidance by big international companies.
Britain and Germany last week announced plans to push the Group of 20 economic powers to make multinational companies pay their fair share of taxes following reports of large firms exploiting loopholes to avoid taxes.
Amazon received a $252 million back tax