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gafa google: The G20 major economies are reviewing the existing international taxation regulations amid criticism that large U.S. IT companies, including Google LLC, are not paying their fair share of taxes as they can book profits in low-tax jurisdictions, according to The Japan Times. But the rules under consideration will cover a wide range of industries amid U.S. concern that its domestic IT titans collectively known as GAFA Google, Apple Inc., Facebook Inc. and Amazon Inc. would be major targets of the stricter regulations. The debate on creating global tax rules based more on where firms make their sales rather than on where their permanent offices are located has been growing at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and international forums such as the Group of 20 G20 . ; A working group of the OECD is likely to outline the draft rules next month, the sources said. As for Japan, profit rates at Toyota Motor Corp. and other large companies remain below 10 percent, one of the sources said, adding that the impact of the envisioned rules will be limited. The OECD will solicit opinions from governments on the plan for about a month after announcing it. As developed nations have shown their understanding on using the proposed level of profit margins as a guide under the new rules, the focus will be on whether it would gain approval from emerging economies including India, which calls for a drastic review of taxation rules. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.