“Franchise rights” payments from its UK operations to what appears to be the fast food giant’s grand duchy-based business rose nearly 8% between 2015 and 2016, according to the Telegraph’s analysis of McDonald’s corporate filings.

In December, McDonald’s said it would move its international tax base from Luxembourg to the UK following criticism of its tax arrangements in the grand duchy. The European Commission opened an investigation last year to see if the restaurant group’s low tax rates amounted to illegal state aid from Luxembourg’s government.

The Telegraph reported on 7 October that:

“Accounts for 2016, filed by McDonald’s Restaurants Limited at Companies House, are believed to represent the last year under the old structure. They show franchise payments rising from £122.7m to £132.2m. This cut operating profit for the year by almost a third on what it would have been without the franchise payments.”

The newspaper said the company did not respond to its request for comment. As of this writing, McDonald’s press office had not returned Delano’s message seeking comment.