EU: Pay up, Starbucks

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Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland Jan 12, 2018

Jan 12, 2018

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                <h1>EU: Pay up, Starbucks</h1>
                <h2><p>The European Union says the Netherlands fixed Starbucks a much-too-sweet deal on taxes, and ordered Dutch authorities to collect up to $34 million from the coffee giant. As a Seattle Times story notes, this is one of a number of investigations the EU has launched regarding its member states'</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/joe-copeland-crosscut-com/">Joe Copeland</a></p> 
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            <p>The <a href="http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-15-5880_en.htm?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">European Union says</a> the Netherlands fixed Starbucks a much-too-sweet deal on taxes, and ordered Dutch authorities to collect up to $34 million from the coffee giant. As a <a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/business/starbucks/eu-says-starbucks-owes-tens-of-millions-in-taxes/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Seattle Times story notes</a>, this is one of a number of investigations the EU has launched regarding its member states' tax rulings, some of which the European Commission regards as amounting to illegal subsidies. The commission found that Starbucks subsidiaries in other parts of Europe received substantial payments from the company's roasting unit in Holland, minimizing Starbucks' overall tax payments. Starbucks said it disagrees with the ruling and has acted properly.</p><p>At the same time as it went after Starbucks, the European Commission issued a similar ruling against Fiat.</p>
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The European Union says the Netherlands fixed Starbucks a much-too-sweet deal on taxes, and ordered Dutch authorities to collect up to $34 million from the coffee giant. As a Seattle Times story notes, this is one of a number of investigations the EU has launched regarding its member states' tax rulings, some of which the European Commission regards as amounting to illegal subsidies. The commission found that Starbucks subsidiaries in other parts of Europe received substantial payments from the company's roasting unit in Holland, minimizing Starbucks' overall tax payments. Starbucks said it disagrees with the ruling and has acted properly.

At the same time as it went after Starbucks, the European Commission issued a similar ruling against Fiat.

By Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland is the former senior editor&nbsp;for Crosscut, where he has been an editor since 2010. Before that, he was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle P-I and editorial page edi