Google’s Alphabet restructure could get boost from Delaware tax loophole | Technology | The Guardian
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Google was founded in California and incorporated there in 1998, but in August 2003, a year before its initial public offering, the group reincorporated in Delaware. The creation of Alphabet Inc maintains the status quo, with Google confirming the new entity will also be registered in the small north-eastern coastal state whose tolerance of corporate secrecy and business friendly tax laws have seen it labelled as one of the world’s top tax havens.