by Claire Aston | Jun 7, 2024
The UK Liberal Democrats have re-issued a pledge to significantly increase the rate of the current UK’s Digital Services Tax (DST) from 2% to 6%, if they were to form part of the next UK Government at the upcoming General Election, intended to boost spending on mental...
by Claire Aston | Dec 14, 2023
We’ve written for many years about the UK’s stubbornly high tax gap. This is the amount of tax that should have been paid if businesses and individuals had complied with all applicable tax legislation, but hasn’t been. The figure is estimated by HMRC for each tax...
by Claire Aston | Oct 16, 2023
• £60.5bn estimated UK revenues • £14.8bn estimated UK profits • £2.8bn estimated corporation tax @ 19% • £753m estimated UK corporation tax and digital services tax paid • £2.0bn estimated UK tax avoided In today’s new report, we analyse seven large US-based...
by Claire Aston | Oct 16, 2023
16th October 2023 £60.5bn estimated UK revenues £14.8bn estimated UK profits £2.8bn estimated corporation tax @ 19% £753m estimated UK corporation tax and digital services tax paid £2.0bn estimated UK tax avoided Introduction TaxWatch’s analysis of seven large...
by Alex Dunnagan | Jun 20, 2022
Online marketplace Etsy paid just £128,000 in UK Corporation Tax in 2020, whilst booking huge amounts of UK revenue in Ireland, new research from TaxWatch has found. As traditional bricks and mortar shops were hit by successive lockdowns as a result of the pandemic,...
by George Turner | Jun 20, 2022
20th June 2022 Etsy says that it is a company “committed to using the power of business and technology to strengthen communities and empower people around the world”. 1Prioritizing the people at the center of commerce, Etsy, https://advocacy.etsy.com/about/ But...
