| bonzobanana said: You do realise that google and starbucks base their european hq outside the uk and therefore pay most of their corporation tax outside the uk often in the countries with the lowest corporation tax. Apple is based in ireland and they have had a special arrangement for years where they pay almost no corporation tax. By leaving europe all these companies will have to pay corporation tax in the uk unless we somehow remain in the eu single market. I don't agree with your other points at all especially your casual attitude to building up even greater debts especially as you claim to work in finance. |
Believe me in finance debt is just another word thrown around and the are tonnes of people making money off the debt you and others are told to be scared of, I'm casual like anyone else in finance about it because I've seen how the system works and that debt is actually implemented into it it's just a case of oh well just carry on.
Basing your HQ in European isn't an excuse for dodging tax as you're still operating in the UK as a business, the government could have taken measures to adjust laws on tax a while ago but because they're benefit from these tax dodgers personally they make it seem that leaving the EU is the only way, believe me Brexit should it happen is only the beginning of a whole host of issues in that department when reality starts to hit the whole UK as then people can stop blaming the EU for problems we created for ourselves.
