by Alex Dunnagan | Apr 29, 2021
On Monday 19 April MPs met to scrutinise the Finance (No. 2) Bill in a committee of the whole house. In the debate, TaxWatch’s research into “super-deductions” featured prominently, as MPs sought to amend the legislation to ensure some companies were excluded from the...
by Alex Dunnagan | Feb 4, 2021
The news that Amazon’s sales in the UK have ballooned over the last year have sparked the traditional headlines about Amazon’s tax bill (or lack of it). This article looks to tease out some of the complex issues that arise from Amazon’s tax structure in the UK. There...
by Alex Dunnagan | Jan 26, 2021
The news that the latest James Bond Film, No Time to Die, has been delayed for the third time1 comes soon after the companies responsible for producing the film published their latest set of accounts. These reveal that in 2020 the company behind the latest James Bond...
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 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...
