This is one of the major topics that should be decided the general election in this country. If one of the parties had a proper plan for removing these loop holes and generating many billions of additional tax revenue, they'd get my vote. Instead we're faced with debates on whether UKIP are suitable to represent the country and how labour are taking back the working class.

I don't think they need a plan, as I understand it the HMRC could assess tax bills on Vodafone or anyone, and leave them to pay and then appeal. The question to me is why they don't. Given that they hold the ultimate card of being able to enact into law, retrospectively, any loophole a court might find anyway.

A cynic might suggest that they are all mates together and will do alright out of it, in one way or another.

Pretty much spot on, the whole tax system needs an overhaul from top to bottom, sadly no one will, far too many jobs for the boys in both directions.

Alliance Boots Sad to see that from the days of a socially responsible employer like The Boots Pure Drug Company, we now get to the British taxpayer subsidising the finance required to leverage a buyout

Alliance Boots Sad to see that from the days of a socially responsible employer like The Boots Pure Drug Company, we now get to the British taxpayer subsidising the finance required to leverage a buyout

I try to boycott them. Since they became private equity owned I have no time for them. We use a local, independent pharmacist. As to the rest of the junk they sell, you can get it elsewhere.

Daveo. What Vodafone is doing is nothing like tax avoidance so don't compare them to Gary Barlow. Vodafone do not have to enter a scheme number on their CT600 as there is no scheme, Gary Barlow will have had to disclose the scheme. Vodafone are doing nothing wrong. I bet there are self employed people on here complaining about Vodafone, yet who will do cash in hand jobs. Good on Vodafone I say. They are a plc and whilst they have to consider all stakeholders, the main aim of a plc is to increase shareholder wealth which is what it is doing, I don't see the problem

Regards

King James

So you are comfortable with the fact that companies can get away with paying zero corporation tax while upwards of 1,000,000 UK citizens (some of whom are possibly employed by the same companies) are relying on foodbanks and taxpayer subsidies to sustain them?

maybe they should be better at budgeting and not expect a free ride?

Lol

too many people spend beyond their means, and then blame someone else when the bills come in.