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Hamilton

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Jul 7, 2003
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Don't be sucked in by these fat cat venture capitalist style tax dodging w@nkers from Silicon Valley.
 








GOM

living vicariously
Aug 8, 2005
3,255
Leeds - but not the dirty bit
Don't agree with Amazon being given a free run at taking over footy broadcasting when they don't pay their fair share in the UK economy.

and neither do the people that you are getting the dodgy streams from, nor do they employ anyone in this country.

Amazon may not be everyone's cup of tea but at least they do employ approx 27,000 people in the UK and pay about 220m in taxes thru' Corporation tax, and employer taxes.
 


Mr deez

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Jan 13, 2005
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and neither do the people that you are getting the dodgy streams from, nor do they employ anyone in this country.

Amazon may not be everyone's cup of tea but at least they do employ approx 27,000 people in the UK and pay about 220m in taxes thru' Corporation tax, and employer taxes.

Which is very true, but dodgy streams are still a choice I can make whilst they remain available. If that ceased to be the case, I still wouldn't subscribe to Amazon.

As an aside, the pandering to them this month with all the changes to ko times is mental.
 


BBassic

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Jul 28, 2011
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and neither do the people that you are getting the dodgy streams from, nor do they employ anyone in this country.

Amazon may not be everyone's cup of tea but at least they do employ approx 27,000 people in the UK and pay about 220m in taxes thru' Corporation tax, and employer taxes.

£220m on £10bn.

https://www.theguardian.com/technol...t-in-corporation-tax-despite-tripling-payment

Says in there:

Paul Monaghan, chief executive the Fair Tax Mark, which accredits businesses which are fair and transparent in the tax they pay, said: “The numbers sound like pennies down the back of the couch.” He said Amazon UK Services’ £14m UK current tax bill did not compare well with the Fair Tax Mark company Lush, which paid only about £1m less in tax on profits of £23.4m, less than a third of that made by the Amazon division.

Amazon are a parasite.
 




MattBackHome

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Jul 7, 2003
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[MENTION=6886]Bozza[/MENTION] are you doing that Xmas shopping / Amazon / win stuff thing again this year?
 


nicko31

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GOM

living vicariously
Aug 8, 2005
3,255
Leeds - but not the dirty bit
£220m on £10bn.

https://www.theguardian.com/technol...t-in-corporation-tax-despite-tripling-payment

Says in there:

Paul Monaghan, chief executive the Fair Tax Mark, which accredits businesses which are fair and transparent in the tax they pay, said: “The numbers sound like pennies down the back of the couch.” He said Amazon UK Services’ £14m UK current tax bill did not compare well with the Fair Tax Mark company Lush, which paid only about £1m less in tax on profits of £23.4m, less than a third of that made by the Amazon division.

Amazon are a parasite.

And all done quite legally. How much extra tax do you choose to pay over and above that that you are legally obliged to ? If the answer is none are you a parasite too ?

For anyone wishing to pay extra tax you can pay extra simply by sending a cheque to HMRC, you can even specify where you would like to see that money spent. The government releases these figures, and 15 people did so in the two years 2016-2017.
 
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nicko31

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And all done quite legally. How much extra tax do you choose to pay over and above that that you are legally obliged to ? If the answer is none are you a parasite too ?

They done nothing illegal,just down to what kind of world you want to live in. Personally I'd rather put a few quid in the hands of a local book shop that actually enhances the community. Or I could save a couple of quid and get it from a huge US Corporate
 


GOM

living vicariously
Aug 8, 2005
3,255
Leeds - but not the dirty bit
They done nothing illegal,just down to what kind of world you want to live in. Personally I'd rather put a few quid in the hands of a local book shop that actually enhances the community. Or I could save a couple of quid and get it from a huge US Corporate

A huge US corporate that employs 27,500 UK staff. Their wages are then spent in local communities, buying shopping, eating out, maybe even buying a book, having their car MOT'd or serviced. The profits on the places where they spend their money are then taxed and they spend their income and so on and so on.
 


BBassic

I changed this.
Jul 28, 2011
12,966
And all done quite legally. How much extra tax do you choose to pay over and above that that you are legally obliged to ? If the answer is none are you a parasite too ?

For anyone wishing to pay extra tax you can pay extra simply by sending a cheque to HMRC, you can even specify where you would like to see that money spent. The government releases these figures, and 15 people did so in the two years 2016-2017.

Quite true.

I'd argue they, and other massive corps, should be taxed more but that's a discussion for another day.
 




blue-shifted

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Feb 20, 2004
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a galaxy far far away
Quite true.

I'd argue they, and other massive corps, should be taxed more but that's a discussion for another day.

Politicians have seen it as an argument for another day for years, and that's why they still don't pay any tax
 


blue-shifted

Banned
Feb 20, 2004
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a galaxy far far away
A huge US corporate that employs 27,500 UK staff. Their wages are then spent in local communities, buying shopping, eating out, maybe even buying a book, having their car MOT'd or serviced. The profits on the places where they spend their money are then taxed and they spend their income and so on and so on.

Are you on their board?

Compare to a bookshop or something where the employees get paid and taxed, but crucially that bookshop also has to pay tax on it's profits. Hence why there are fewer and fewer bookshops

Amazon have a socially damaging and morally reprehensible business model, which any responsible government would do everything in their power to make illegal.
 


blue-shifted

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Feb 20, 2004
7,645
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And all done quite legally. How much extra tax do you choose to pay over and above that that you are legally obliged to ? If the answer is none are you a parasite too ?

For anyone wishing to pay extra tax you can pay extra simply by sending a cheque to HMRC, you can even specify where you would like to see that money spent. The government releases these figures, and 15 people did so in the two years 2016-2017.

Nobody is going to pay extra tax on their own. That's not reasonable. Every business should be made to pay their fair share if they want to trade in this country.
 


BBassic

I changed this.
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Politicians have seen it as an argument for another day for years, and that's why they still don't pay any tax

Also quite true.

If only there was some sort of election coming up and if only one of the parties running had said something about fairly taxing corporations.
 




blue-shifted

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Feb 20, 2004
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Also quite true.

If only there was some sort of election coming up and if only one of the parties running had said something about fairly taxing corporations.

Or if we could become a member of some large trading block with a track record of being the only organisation to face down these Silicon Valley mega businesses
 




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