Big Tech companies operating globally often have intellectual property and other assets located in countries with low corporate tax rates.

Big Tech tax burdens are just 60% of global average

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TOMOSHIZU KAWASE, Nikkei corporate tax editor, and MAKI SAGAMI and TOKIO MURAKAMI, Nikkei staff writers

May 11, 2021 16:40 JST

TOKYO -- The average tax burden ratio for top American IT companies, collectively known as the "Big Four"-- Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon -- is about 15%, or around 60% of the average among more than 50,000 large companies worldwide, a recent Nikkei analysis finds.