bickster Posted April 3, 2019 Moderator Share Posted April 3, 2019 1 minute ago, tonyh29 said: as if I'd wear a suit Yep. this is more you 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 15 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Is this going to be another 'I agree with Nick' moment? Where we all think there's a new mood, a new hope, a spirit of co-operation and the future is gonna be juuuust fine. Then a few short weeks later it turns out he was just another sharp suited shit bag? I think I've made a terrible mistake. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tonyh29 Posted April 3, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2019 Just now, peterms said: I think I've made a terrible mistake. you don't' get to change your mind , its not how democracy works 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 Chris Heaton-Harris resigns as a DExeu minister. Should really be another on the "who?" list, but he was previously famous for half an hour for being that bell-end who wrote to all the universities demanding they send him all their course literature so he could check they weren't biased. Back in the innocent times when this was all just slightly embarrassing for the country rather than a full-blown national humiliation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Xann Posted April 3, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2019 Quote EU orders UK to recover illegal tax aid from multinationals BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Britain will have to recover millions of euros from some multinationals after EU antitrust regulators ruled on Tuesday that an exemption in a UK tax scheme was illegal. The European Commission’s decision, following a 16-month investigation, is part of an ongoing crackdown against multinationals benefiting from sweetheart tax deals offered by EU countries. The EU investigation focussed on Britain’s Controlled Foreign Company (CFC) rules, which are aimed at attracting companies to set up headquarters in Britain and discourage UK companies moving offshore. The EU competition regulator said an exemption in the scheme for interest income earned by offshore subsidiaries between 2013 and 2018 - which had been criticised by tax campaigners as a major loophole - flouted EU laws. “The UK gave certain multinationals a selective advantage by granting them an unjustified exemption from UK anti–tax avoidance rules. This is illegal under EU State aid rules,” European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said. Reuters Bloated tax swerving suited parasites don't like the EU. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 4 minutes ago, Xann said: Britain will have to recover millions of euros from some multinationals after EU antitrust regulators ruled on Tuesday that an exemption in a UK tax scheme was illegal I'm sure we will recover ours at the same time Ireland , Luxembourg and The Netherlands recover theirs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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blandy Posted April 3, 2019 Author Moderator Share Posted April 3, 2019 10 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: I'm sure we will recover ours at the same time Ireland , Luxembourg and The Netherlands recover theirs Not if we leave! But it's good isn't it that Big Co. has to pay taxes like us little 'uns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 7 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: I'm sure we will recover ours at the same time Ireland , Luxembourg and The Netherlands recover theirs https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2018/04/24/apple-start-paying13bn-irish-tax-bill-within-weeks/ https://www.wsj.com/articles/nikes-dutch-tax-deals-under-scrutiny-in-europe-11547120469 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41484025 Go look - There's more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tonyh29 Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 20 minutes ago, blandy said: Not if we leave! But it's good isn't it that Big Co. has to pay taxes like us little 'uns? Depends ... if big co employs thousands of people and generates jobs for the country then you can see why some tax breaks might be offered ...indeed were offered by numerous countries ... interesting though that the EU chose to rule similar incentives Slovakia used to entice JLR away from the U.K. as legal , the argument from the EU commission being that in a 3 horse race between Poland , Hungary and Slovakia the tax break stopped the factory going to Mexico !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 33 minutes ago, Xann said: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2018/04/24/apple-start-paying13bn-irish-tax-bill-within-weeks/ https://www.wsj.com/articles/nikes-dutch-tax-deals-under-scrutiny-in-europe-11547120469 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41484025 Go look - There's more. Indeed the Amazon and Nike one says they haven’t paid , thanks for confirming Apple it seems paid theirs but their are still numerous others outstanding in ireland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 1 minute ago, tonyh29 said: Indeed the Amazon and Nike one says they haven’t paid , thanks for confirming Apple it seems paid theirs but their are still numerous others outstanding in ireland Hahahaha - They're being pursued, like us - Let's see how these stories conclude shall we? There's still more - Keep looking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 Just now, Xann said: Hahahaha - They're being pursued, like us - Let's see how these stories conclude shall we? There's still more - Keep looking I wasn’t arguing they weren’t being persued , just that we should pay when they did ... I believe their cases were found agaisnt them a couple of years ago ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 Just now, tonyh29 said: I wasn’t arguing they weren’t being persued , just that we should pay when they did ... I believe their cases were found agaisnt them a couple of years ago ? January the Nike one - There are others - Look yourself! Honestly we're not being persecuted, they're clamping down on sweetheart deals, I'm not making it up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 3, 2019 Moderator Share Posted April 3, 2019 1 minute ago, tonyh29 said: I wasn’t arguing they weren’t being persued , just that we should pay when they did ... I believe their cases were found agaisnt them a couple of years ago ? We? It's the companies that need to pay. They aren't our companies, we don't own them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 (edited) 6 minutes ago, bickster said: We? It's the companies that need to pay. They aren't our companies, we don't own them. D’oh ,Blame then other guy he started it by using the word “us “ Edited April 3, 2019 by tonyh29 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 6 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: D’oh ,Blame then other guy he started it by using the word “us “ Nah, nah, nah - We were chased up and brought to task for dodgy accounting. We now need to chase the loot. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted April 3, 2019 Moderator Share Posted April 3, 2019 Is this today's new way forward or Thornberry chucking her hat in the ring for when JC stuffs it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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