by George Turner | Apr 9, 2020
As governments around the world struggle to deal with the outbreak of Covid-19 our tech companies are keen to show that they are playing their part too. Over the last two weeks there have been a number of announcements from the world’s largest tech companies setting...
by George Turner | Apr 8, 2020
A new study has shown that large technology companies have historically paid more than four times in tax on their US profits than on profits made in the rest of the world. In our latest study, we looked at pre-tax profits reported by major multinational companies in...
by George Turner | Mar 2, 2020
On February 25th an opposition day motion gave MPs an opportunity to debate the issue of tax avoidance and evasion. Our research into the work of digital tech companies featured prominently in the debate. Opening the debate for the Opposition, Shadow Chancellor John...
by George Turner | Feb 10, 2020
The top five tech companies operating in the UK managed to generate profits estimated at £8.1bn from UK customers in 2018, a new analysis by TaxWatch shows. However, due to these companies implementing complex financial structures to take these profits offshore, these...
by Alex Dunnagan | Jan 3, 2020
On New Year’s Eve Google announced that it will be shutting down its double Irish tax avoidance scheme. This double Irish that has cost governments around the world billions in lost tax revenues since it was set up in 2004. The scheme relied on putting...
