Google India must pay back-taxes on $225m after cheekily funneling cash through Ireland

The nation's Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) decided this week that Google India had engaged in a "clear and conspicuous" case of tax evasion when it sent all of its pay dirt to – get this – Google Ireland.

The biz has largely been successful in protecting its elaborate system of subsidiaries. Most notably, it won a similar long-running legal battle against the French government, and escaped a giant €1.12bn ($1.28bn) tax bill after an administrative court in Paris decided Google's presence in the country was not sufficient for the fine to be held against the company.