Corporate welfare General

Google and tax avoidance

March 27, 2016

Discussions about corporate tax dodging are picking up pace. The issue is clearly an international one – and according the OECD and EU have both launched initiatives to try to tackle corporate tax avoidance. The […]

Corporate welfare General

Company accused of tax-dodging granted public money

March 27, 2016

AstraZeneca and its partners awarded £93m in grants 13/10/15 09:51 Today’s Guardian features Aditya Chakrabortty’s piece on tax avoidance and mentions my disclosure that AstraZeneca and its partners extracted over £93m in InnovateUK funding between […]

Corporate welfare General

AstraZenca accused of tax-dodging 

March 27, 2016

AstraZeneca accused of employing aggressive tax-avoidance measures in an investigation by the Guardian. The company featured in The British Corporate Welfare State. This is an extract: “Five months after AstraZeneca thanked the local MP [George Osborne] for […]

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Facebook and corporation tax

March 15, 2016

An interesting piece in the Conversation by Prem Sikka on Facebook’s corporation tax: Facebook looks set to pay more UK tax but it might not be as much as you think. Facebook, along with others […]