Starbucks

[Phakameza]

How many of you are boycotting Starbucks, Amazon and Google for tax evasion in the UK? Their evasion is akin to these incomers and local parasites who have never paid NIS or tax in this country and can claim all the benefits.

[emeritus]

Discussed at length here

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/ChatterBank/Question1190313-5.html

[commoner]

Not me...they are part of my life just now...I enjoy using them all...sorry if that isn't what you expected to hear..but that's how it is for me..;-)

[friedgreentomato]

No, as they haven't actually done anything illegal why should I.

But I can see which way your politics lean!

[NOX]

No- please see earlier thread linked for why as I really can't be arsed to do this all over again.
' Incomers and parasites'- don't read the Daily Mail by any chance do you? Or at least look at the pictures...

[factor-fiction]

Is there a typo in your question. Phakameza? Did you mean to type 'avoidance' rather than 'evasion'?

[naomi24]

I wouldn't boycott them - and they're so big, they wouldn't notice if I did.

[ummmm]

Nope...it's down to our Government to close the loop holes.

[douglas9401]

Like, oh I don't know, South Africa, Naomi?

[factor-fiction]

http://www.nao.org.uk/publications/1213/tax_avoidance.aspx
The problem is that tax avoidance is rife and HMRC, like tax collectors in other countries, are struggling to tackle it effectively.
Companies have extremely clever layers and financial people who will help them do what is best for their business within the law.
Individuals do it too- eg a working husband putting his savings in the non-working wife's name to avoid savings tax, parents putting money in their kids names, people paying cash to tradesmen.
There are many legal schemes to reduce'avoid NI too such a salary sacrifice schemes.
The schme used by Jimmy Carr is used by a lot of top footballers.
I recall even the government paying someone senior as a private company rather than as an employee because it saved on tax and NI

[redvanman]

Reading some of the tax evasion comments you are the type take all and put nothing back