Milan, Feb 19 (AP) Italian prosecutors on Wednesday said they are seeking to have a tax evasion investigation against Google dropped after the tech giant agreed to pay a 326 million Euro (USD 340 million) settlement.

Milan prosecutors had opened an investigation against Google for failure to pay taxes on earnings in Italy from 2015-2019. The investigation focused on revenues from the sale of advertising, and cited the presence of servers and other infrastructure in Italy.

Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Tech giant Google previously paid over USD 1 billion to French authorities to settle a years-long dispute over allegations of tax fraud (AP) NPK NPK

Tax evasion investigation resolved by settlement over advertising revenue and local infrastructure presence after prosecutors sought discontinuance. A tax evasion investigation targeted alleged underpayment of taxes on advertising revenue in Italy, based on the asserted taxable presence of servers and infrastructure; the company agreed to a monetary settlement and prosecutors sought to discontinue the investigation.