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Tech giants undermine African countries by failing to collect VAT

Tech giants undermine African countries by failing to collect VAT

by Alex Dunnagan | Jul 12, 2021

African countries are missing out on significant tax revenues because multinational tech giants are failing to collect and pay VAT on services, according to new research. A new report published by TaxWatch finds that Microsoft, Google and Facebook are not collecting...
Eight tech companies in the UK avoided an estimated £1.5bn in 2019 – New Research

Eight tech companies in the UK avoided an estimated £1.5bn in 2019 – New Research

by Alex Dunnagan | Jun 2, 2021

£45.4bn in revenues £9.6bn in profits £296m in tax paid £1.5bn in tax avoided Eight large tech companies in the UK made an estimated £9.6bn in profit from sales to UK customers in 2019, a new analysis by TaxWatch shows. ​But by moving money out of the UK, these...
Eight tech companies in the UK avoided an estimated £1.5bn in 2019 – New Research

Eight tech companies in the UK avoided an estimated £1.5bn in 2019

by Alex Dunnagan | Jun 2, 2021

2nd June 2021 Introduction and Summary The UK market is an extremely important market for US based technology companies. These well known companies realise substantial sales in the UK and as such are some of the most significant economic operators in our country. For...
Amazon’s ballooning revenues demonstrate the need for transparency in tax affairs

Amazon’s ballooning revenues demonstrate the need for transparency in tax affairs

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...
US effective tax rate over four times higher for tech companies

US effective tax rate over four times higher for tech companies

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...
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