Italy looking at Google proposal to close tax dispute: source

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MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's tax authorities are looking at a proposal from Google to pay between 270 million and 280 million euros ($296 million) to wrap up a tax dispute, a source close to the matter said on Tuesday. Early last year Italian tax police presented a claim against Google for the non-payment of taxes between 2009 and 2013 to the tune of 227 million euros. One of the sticking points to reaching a final settlement with the U.S. giant is a commitment from Google to pay taxes in Italy in the future, the source said. "Google is continuing to work with the competent authorities," a Google spokeswoman said. (This version of the story corrects second paragraph to read "early last year" instead of "earlier this year") (Reporting by Emilio Parodi, writing by Stephen Jewkes)

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