Facebook said it would stop booking sales to U.K. clients via Ireland, a practice which reduced its taxes, following the British government's introduction of a new tax on profits shifted offshore.
In future, Facebook will report its U.K. sales in Britain.
"In light of changes to tax law in the U.K., we felt this change would provide transparency to Facebook's operations in the U.K.," the company said in a statement.
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