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  "id": 13893514,
  "title": "Google Korea finally wins tax dispute against Korean tax office",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/google-korea-finally-wins-tax-dispute-against-korean-tax-office-13893514",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-12T06:42:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20261012/google-korea-finally-wins-tax-dispute-against-korean-tax-office"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Google Korea, dismissing an appeal by the Korean tax authority and upholding a lower court's decision. The dispute centered around a corporate tax cancellation case where the tax office sought to impose about 154 billion won ($115.3 million) in taxes on Google Korea. The tax office claimed that part of Google Korea's income received from Google Asia Pacific, based in Singapore, was subject to taxation as royalty income. Google Korea argued that these payments constituted business income for the Asia Pacific subsidiary and were not taxable in Korea. The Seoul Administrative Court ultimately agreed with Google Korea's position, finding that the payments did not qualify as taxable income.",
  "summary": "The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by Korea's tax authority, effectively upholding a lower court's ruling in favor of Google Korea in a corporate tax cancellation case involving about 154 billion won ($115.3 million), judicial officials said Monday. The top court left intact the Seoul High Court's ruling siding with Google Korea in its corporate tax cancellation lawsuit against the head of…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Google Korea finally wins tax dispute against S. Korean tax office",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/google-korea-finally-wins-tax-dispute-against-s-korean-tax-office",
        "published": "2026-10-12T06:04:57.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Google Korea finally wins tax dispute against Korean tax office",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/google-korea-finally-wins-tax-dispute-against-korean-tax-office",
        "published": "2026-10-12T06:27:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "KBS World Radio",
        "title": "Google Korea Wins Final Ruling in 154 Billion Won Tax Dispute",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/google-korea-wins-final-ruling-in-154-billion-won-tax-dispute",
        "published": "2026-10-12T06:50:08.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}