The European Union has been probing McDonald's tax deals with Luxembourg following revelations that it and other large companies had negotiated lower tax rates, in some cases as low as one percent, in secret pacts with the tiny country. The spokesperson said the restaurant chain "pays a signficant amount of corporate taxes ."
Eiropas Komisija sāka pārbaudīt "McDonald 's" nodokļu līgumus ar Luksemburgu pēc tam, kad gaismā bija nākuši fakti, ka "McDonald 's" un citi lielie uzņēmumi slepenos līgumos ar Luksemburgu panākuši nodokļu samazināšanu, dažos gadījumos pat līdz 1% līmenim.