Richard Murphy

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    Tax avoiders have hell to pay

    Campaign groups, newspapers, MPs and even the European Commission are on the warpath. Can companies afford to keep dodging the Revenue? In December, Starbucks declared its largest ever UK profit and its biggest tax bill. Three years after the company… Read More

  • Starbucks accused of tax avoidance

    THE COFFEE chain Starbucks has reportedly paid just £8.6m in corporation tax in the UK over the last 14 years.     News agency Reuters carried out a four-month investigation looking at how the company was able to tell investors… Read More

  • Tax for Mac

    MCDONALD’S HAVE become the first Olympic sponsor to refuse their Olympic tax break.   The move follows revelations by Ethical Consumer magazine and also pressure from the online campaign group 38 Degrees.   Under HMRC rules the Olympic site in… Read More