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Offline Jolly Roger

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Crickhowell goes Offshore
« on: Tuesday, 05 January, 2016 @ 17:59:06 »
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When independent traders in a small Welsh town discovered the loopholes used by multinational giants to avoid paying UK tax, they didn’t just get mad.

Now local businesses in Crickhowell are turning the tables on the likes of Google and Starbucks by employing the same accountancy practices used by the world’s biggest companies, to move their entire town “offshore”.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crickhowell-welsh-town-moves-offshore-to-avoid-tax-on-local-business-a6728971.html

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Re: Crickhowell goes Offshore
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday, 20 January, 2016 @ 13:21:36 »
Documentary about this on BBC2 at 9pm (UK time) this evening (20th January).

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Re: Crickhowell goes Offshore
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday, 20 January, 2016 @ 13:58:38 »
Thanks Roger.  Lets hope it spurs the government to do something about Starbucks et al.

Tony