Google regrets
Monday, March 7th, 2016I am grateful to US CPA Jeffery Kadet for sending me one set of Google’s 2013 Ireland accounts, in which he draw attention to this
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Facebook smells its Starbucks and faces the inevitable tax bill
Friday, March 4th, 2016The Guardian has reported that: Facebook will pay millions of pounds more in UK tax after approving fundamental changes to its corporate structure in Europe.
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I will mourn the Conservative Party
Monday, February 22nd, 2016For all its manifold weaknesses I will mourn the Conservative Party when it has gone. The most successful electoral fighting machine in democratic history has
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I have only one instinct on the EU, and it is that we must stay
Sunday, February 21st, 2016It is time to make my position on the EU clear. Let me state the obvious: the EU is deeply flawed by design. Any arrangement
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Why we must not replace corporation tax with a sales tax
Saturday, January 30th, 2016Lord Lawson has suggested that the UK should replace corporation tax with a sales tax. I am not surprised. Nothing would suit the wealthiest in
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Google's unfair tax is actively supported by the UK government
Thursday, January 28th, 2016The Mail has reported this morning that: Giant corporations such as Google will ‘inevitably’ pay less tax than ordinary firms, one of Britain’s top Revenue
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Labour calls on National Audit Office to intervene on Google tax
Wednesday, January 27th, 2016I noticed this letter on my Twitter timeline last night: Writing to the National Audit Office, Seema Malhotra, Labour’s Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, said:
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Ask your council to get tough with tax dodgers
Tuesday, January 26th, 2016I am pleased to share this press release from Christian Aid on a campaign I support:Today (27th January) a campaign has been launched across England
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The economics of Google's tax
Tuesday, January 26th, 2016The row over Google’s tax settlement of just £130 million to cover the last ten years has become political. John McDonnell raised an urgent question
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