MPs to recall Amazon for grilling over tax Amazon declined to answer any questions about its UK business. The company says its follows tax law in every country where it operates. The PAC recalled Mr Brittin after evidence he gave in November was called into question by a report by Reuters that staff and clients believed Google UK carried out sales. Google was repeatedly forced to deny misleading Parliament as it faced angry questions from MPs over its tax status. The committee cited evidence from whistle-blowers who alleged that Google staff in London were much more involved in sales than merely supporting the search giant's Dublin operation. It said invoices had been issued from London addresses, payable in sterling to London banks and that London staff earned the more in commission on advertising sales to major British companies than the Irish staff who processed the bills. Matt Brittin, vice president of Google's operations in northern Europe, stuck to the line that its small UK tax bill was justified because its British subsidiary does not carry out transactions. From 2006 to 2011, Google generated $18bn in revenues in Britain but paid just $16m in taxes by moving money offshore, eventually to Bermuda. Google avoids corporation tax by insisting its UK arm only provides support services to its European headquarters in Ireland and does not trade. "No money changes hands," said Mr Brittin. There is no transaction that can be executed.