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They're probably talking about the Google not having it's corporate offices in the UK. The UK is a massive tax haven anyway, with weird little sub-national grou
by rmc 13y ago
They're probably talking about the Google not having it's corporate offices in the UK. The UK is a massive tax haven anyway, with weird little sub-national groups like the Channel Islands and Isle of Mann.
edit: Yes I'm aware the Channel Islands & Isle of Mann aren't part of the UK, but they are 'British' and massive tax havens, sometimes with one company director per inhabitant.
- aspidistra 13y agoNeither the Channel Islands nor the Isle of Man are in the UK.
- Dylan16807 13y agoSure, they are 'crown dependencies'. What's the appropriate term to use instead of 'UK' to include all such fiddly bits? rmc's logic is sound, they just made a mistake of terminology.
- tragic 13y agoIt's a moot point. For all practical purposes, and with some exceptions, tax havens around the world are run out of London, by our substantial and much-admired financial services sector. So, as far as I'm concerned, the correct term for all those fiddly bits - constitutional niceties be damned - is 'the City'.
- taejo 13y agoI guess the term is "UK and Crown Dependencies"
- M2Ys4U 13y agoThe Channel Islands and the Isle of Mann are Crown Dependencies[0] and aren't part of the United Kingdom, nor are they part of the European Union (although their citizens are also British citizens and they are part of the EU customs area) [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_dependencies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_dependencies
- rmc 13y agoWould "British Tax Haven" be a more accurate discription?