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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Fly on January 20, 2014, 07:57:45 PM

Title: Boots the tax avoider.
Post by: Fly on January 20, 2014, 07:57:45 PM

How did this story from last October get missed with all the other tax avoiding companies ?
http://www.unitetheunion.org/news/alliance-boots-avoids-11-billion-tax/ (http://www.unitetheunion.org/news/alliance-boots-avoids-11-billion-tax/)

Title: Re: Boots the tax avoider.
Post by: Pete on January 20, 2014, 08:30:30 PM

I wasn't aware of this - another shop for me to boycott...

Funnily enough, I got a reminder last week about my tax return being due soon - it had a VERY threatening warning about what would happen if I was late paying...

One law for big business one law for the rest of us.  >:(

Title: Re: Boots the tax avoider.
Post by: therealjr on January 20, 2014, 10:38:57 PM

No there isn't. Boots are using the rules to pay as little tax as possible. Take your paperwork to a good accountant and he will do the same for you. In relative terms it will be same. You can argue that the rules should be changed but those are the rules

Title: Re: Boots the tax avoider.
Post by: Pete on January 20, 2014, 10:54:43 PM

So, if all businesses paid no tax, how would the government raise money?