Starbucks

[Paddy]

Howard Schultz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

FFS

The four-month investigation by news agency Reuters also found the firm had paid nothing in the last three years.

[Robinho]

They wouldn't get away with that under my tax reforms


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[tractor]

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They wouldn't get away with that under my tax reforms


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Look out! 38 pages of tulip on the other thread and he's looking to hijack this one

[Robinho]

Look out! 38 pages of tulip on the other thread and he's looking to hijack this one

I was kinda hoping you wouldn't contribute to this one.

[Scoobos]

At least he "contributes".

[tractor]

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I was kinda hoping you wouldn't contribute to this one.

You really do need to get in the habit of researching properly before you open your big gob. Read the thread first, then post and please, try and KUATB!

[Robinho]

You seem a little touchy

[tractor]

You seem a little touchy

Amused is the term I think you are looking for.

[Ignis Fatuus]

Can't the government just legislate to say income generated in the UK will fall under UK tax law, no exceptions? isn't that what they do with with individuals who legally come to the UK to work from other countries?

Doesn't work. After allowable costs there is little income left.

Of course the allowable costs include huge royalty payments on the use of the Starbucks name, which strangely enough are not paid to Starbucks in the USA but to Starbucks Coffee EMEA BV in the Netherlands. "It's unclear where the money paid to Starbucks Coffee EMEA BV ends up" (Reuters) but some of it is paid to another Starbucks unit in Switzerland.

[d000hg]

So when we avoid tax, the government is evil for vilifying us. When someone else does it, they should be taken to task?