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US multinationals Starbucks, Google and Amazon had been accused of not paying enough corporate tax in the U.K. In a new report, a parliamentary committee says: international companies are able to (36) national and international tax structures to (37) corporate tax. The outcome is that they don’t pay their fair share. This comes after executives of these companies were hauled before the committee last month to face questions about their tax structures and accused them of using their loopholes to avoid paying their fair share.
In their report, the lawmakers also criticized U. K. tax authorities. The U. K. Revenue & Customs says it already works to ensure that international companies are paying the tax due in (38) with the law. But the parliamentary committee says it wants tax authorities to be more (39) . The British government says it will inject more money into the tax authority to hire more investigators to go after companies and people who tried to avoid paying taxes.
We’ve got to be very clear at a time like this when we’re dealing with the (40) that people have to pay the taxes that are (41) . It’s not right that wealthy people or multinational companies avoid the taxes that are due.
We reached out to the companies for response while Google had no additional comment offering. Starbucks, Google and Amazon all insist they’re paying the proper amount of taxes on the U. K. profits and around Europe and have (42) no laws. But Starbucks says it’s time to talk with the U. K. authorities over its tax structure. The coffee chain says it will review details later this week.
The changes are in part because of the pressure from consumers. Starbucks says in a statement it has listened to customer feedback and feedback from employees. When you walk to a Starbucks, you see a board saying this is our community activities. You can see pictures of people are picking coffee beans in a rainforest and will be struck by big contradiction. These people are willing to pay the taxes in the U. K.
In the (43) last month, the companies were (44) of using complicated structures to fiddle income to low tax countries. What can be done It’s most likely that unless all entailed governments corporate with each other to close loopholes, companies will be free to find the most tax (45) structures all within the bounds of the law.
A. deficit F. aggressive K. broken
B. conformation G. enough L. accordance
C. report H. inefficient M. minimize
D. enterprising I. abided N. exploit
E. hearing J. accused O. due