Google, tax avoidance and why it matters

Vince Cable puts his finger very nicely on why tax avoidance matters: "'Google seems to be one of a number of companies that are based here, have UK employees and use local services and infrastructure but try to pay their taxes elsewhere when they think they can get away with paying less tax. The government needs to be much firmer in stopping it,' said Vince Cable, the deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats.
'The reality is, the more tax that companies like Google avoid, the more the tax burden falls on the rest of the public. It is clear that while Labour and the Tories have been embracing Google as the paragon of a 21st-century company, it has been running away from the taxman,' he added."

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