&gt; They&#x27;re still paying tax on everything else, including renting offices, paying salaries<p>So is every other company operating in Europe, and they have to pay their corporate taxes. But the multinational corporations evade their corporate taxes and get an unfair competitive advantage.<p>A practical example: a hamburger and fries from a local franchise costs 2 eur (about 20%) more than one from McDonalds, because the latter doesn&#x27;t pay their taxes to this country, using the same &quot;license fee&quot; trick as Facebook, channeling all of their profits through Netherlands, Luxembourg and&#x2F;or Ireland.<p>These tricks are known with names such as &quot;double Irish with a Dutch sandwich&quot;.