Google funnelled €8.8bn of royalty payments to Bermuda last year, a quarter more than in 2011, underlining the rapid expansion of a strategy that has saved the US internet group billions of dollars in tax.

谷歌(Google)去年安排88亿欧元的技术转让费在百慕大入账，比2011年多了四分之一，凸显已经让这家美国互联网集团节省了数以十亿美元计的税收的策略迅速扩张。

By routing royalty payments to Bermuda, Google reduces its overseas tax rate to about 5 per cent, less than half the rate in already low-tax Ireland, where it books most of its international sales.

通过将技术转让费从百慕大过账，谷歌将其海外税率削减至大约5%，比税率已经很低的爱尔兰还低了一半以上，而谷歌大部分国际销售是在爱尔兰入账的。

The figures were revealed in the latest filings by one of Google’s Dutch subsidiaries, and means that royalty payments made to Bermuda – where the company holds its non-US intellectual property – have doubled over the past three years. This increase reflects the rapid growth of Google’s global business.

这些数据是谷歌一家荷兰子公司的最新申报文件披露的，它们意味着付往百慕大（谷歌在那里持有美国之外的知识产权）的技术转让费在过去三年里翻了一番。这种增长反映出谷歌全球业务的迅速增长。

The company has been at the centre of the international controversy over corporate tax avoidance because it earns “substantially all” its foreign income in Ireland and pays relatively little tax in the countries where its customers are based.

谷歌一直处于围绕企业避税的国际争议的中心，因为它在爱尔兰录得“差不多全部”海外利润，而在其客户所在国家却只承担相对微不足道的税收。

It has also faced criticism for its use of a “double Irish” structure that exploits differences between the US and Irish tax codes to move the profits from Ireland to Bermuda.

此外，谷歌还因使用有“双重爱尔兰”之称的架构而招致批评，这种架构利用美国和爱尔兰税收法规的不同之处，将利润从爱尔兰转移至百慕大。

It also routes the profits through the Netherlands to avoid withholding taxes, using a structure known as a Dutch sandwich. Google declined to comment.

该公司还使用所谓的“荷兰三明治”机制将盈利从荷兰过账，以避免预扣税。谷歌拒绝置评。

Revelations about Google’s tax planning have stoked widespread public anger, prompting politicians to launch an international crackdown on corporate profit shifting.

谷歌税收安排的披露，引发了普遍的公众愤怒，进而促使政界人士发动一场针对企业转移盈利的国际打击行动。

The new figures come from the accounts of Google Netherlands Holdings, which represents the Dutch sandwich part of the tax structure.

这些新的数据来自谷歌荷兰控股公司(Google Netherlands Holdings)的账目，该公司正是谷歌避税机制中的“荷兰三明治”部分。