The Great Tax Robbery

How Britain Became a Tax Haven for Fat Cats and Big Business

Richard Brooks (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

304 Seiten

2014
Oneworld Publications (Verlag)
978-1-78074-371-4 (ISBN)

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An acclaimed exposé uncovering the UK government’s complicity in tax avoidance

Investigative journalist and former tax-inspector Richard Brooks charts how the UK has become a global tax haven that serves the super wealthy, all with the Government’s help. Discover:

• Why thousands of British state schools and NHS hospitals are owned by shell companies based in offshore tax havens

• How British companies like Vodafone strongly influence tax laws

• Why multinationals like Google and Starbucks can operate almost tax-free in the UK

• How the taxman turns a blind eye to billions in illegally evaded tax in secret Swiss bank accounts

• How footballers like Wayne Rooney use image rights companies to reduce their tax liability

Unpicking the tangled mess of loopholes that well known multinationals, bankers, and celebrities use to circumvent tax, this is a bold manifesto for a system where we all contribute out fair share.

Former tax-inspector Richard Brooks reports for Private Eye on a range of subjects and has contributed to the Guardian, the BBC, and many other media outlets. With David Craig he was co-author of the bestselling Plundering the Public Sector. In 2008 he was awarded the Paul Foot Award for Investigative Journalism. He lives in Reading.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.9.2014
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Steuern / Steuerrecht
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
ISBN-10	1-78074-371-8 / 1780743718
ISBN-13	978-1-78074-371-4 / 9781780743714
Zustand	Neuware