‘Don’t be evil’ was the watchword for Google when it founded, but they’re not above a little tax avoidance. The company dodged a massive $3.1 billion between 2007 and 2009, using a couple of well known revenue shuttling strategies.
This is a snippet from a large infographic here, which you should check out. It includes Mitt Romney’s techniques too.
Not just in the US:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/apr/04/amazon-fulfilment-less-tax-uk-activities
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/apr/04/amazon-british-operation-corporation-tax
What utter nonsense. If the US government permits this, that’s their prerogative. I don’t know why they do, to be honest.