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		</div><p>Facebook’s French subsidiary has agreed to pay 106 million euros (£94 million) in back taxes and penalties following persistent government efforts to get online giants to pay more taxes where they make their money.</p>
<p>The agreement came after French tax authorities carried out an extensive audit of a decade of Facebook’s operations in the country, from 2009-2018, a company spokesperson said on Monday.</p>
<p>The spokesperson, who was not authorised to be publicly named according to Facebook policy, said the company “takes its tax obligations seriously” wherever it operates.</p>
<p>The French tax department would not comment on the deal, citing the right to tax secrecy.</p>
<p>Facebook’s French revenues soared last year after the company decided to include advertising income from French companies in its local accounting declarations, instead of declaring them in low-tax Ireland, where Facebook’s international operations are based.</p>
<p>As a result, Facebook will pay 8.4 million euros (£7.5 million) in profit taxes in France this year, about 50% more than last year, the spokesperson said.</p>
<p>That change came in the wake of efforts from French President Emmanuel Macron and his government to press online powerhouses like Facebook, Google and Amazon to pay more taxes locally.</p>
<p>The push has led to a tit-for-tat tax battle with the United States.</p>
<p>France imposed a 3% digital services tax on global technology giants, and last month the Trump administration announced plans to impose taxes on 1.3 billion US dollars (£980 million) worth of French imports, including handbags and makeup, in retaliation.</p>
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