by George Turner | Jun 6, 2020
On 04 June the Bank of England published the names of 53 companies that had outstanding loans under the UK government’s Covid Corporate Financing Facility. The list contains a number of companies that have had links to tax havens, or have seen controversy regarding...
by George Turner | May 11, 2020
11th May 2020 Summary There has been substantial public concern that companies that engage in tax avoidance and companies owned by tax exiles will be eligible for government support – despite those companies and individuals having chosen to not pay into the...
by Alex Dunnagan | May 9, 2020
Following controversy over the prospect of taxpayer funds being made available to support companies with a history of tax avoidance, there have been calls in the UK and around the world to exclude companies based in tax havens from accessing government support. Whilst...
by Alex Dunnagan | May 1, 2020
“The profiteering that cannot be got at by the restraints of conscience and love of country can be got at by taxation.” – US President Woodrow Wilson, 1918.1 World leaders are using wartime rhetoric in describing the current crisis. Emmanuel Macron has declared...
by Alex Dunnagan | Apr 23, 2020
A consortium of financial services lobbyists has written to the European Commission calling for a delay to the implementation of anti-avoidance measures due to be rolled out on 01 July.1 As first reported in Law360,2 the letter – also sent to the OECD and to...
by George Turner | Apr 14, 2020
Throughout the coronavirus crisis, technology companies have played an important role in efforts to combat the disease. Google has been using its data to monitor movements amongst the population and test the effectiveness of lockdown measures. Amazon has partnered...
