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It is worth remembering that the UK was the only EU nation to try diluting/blocking wide-reaching legislation to combat tax havens: https://www.theguardian.com
by ionised 8y ago
It is worth remembering that the UK was the only EU nation to try diluting/blocking wide-reaching legislation to combat tax havens:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/18/uk-reject-eu-plans-combat-multinational-tax-avoidance https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/18/uk-reject-eu-p...
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/nov/26/british-government-accused-of-being-soft-on-tax-avoidance https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/nov/26/british-gov...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/paradise-papers-tax-avoidance-eu-tax-haven-blacklist-uk-blocking-a8043881.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/paradise-pape...
https://medium.com/the-jist/uk-vs-eu-tax-evasion-investigation-f15643a647a3 https://medium.com/the-jist/uk-vs-eu-tax-evasion-investigati...
Whatever the UK does to look like it is addressing the issue of tax avoidance, it's exactly that; pure theatrics.
The UK, my own country (or at least its wealthiest citizens) is a huge beneficiary of offshore schemes and complication tax arrangements.