Submitted on Wednesday 2nd March 2016
Published on Monday 7th March 2016
Current status: Closed
Closed: Wednesday 7th September 2016
Signatures: 14
Close loopholes for multinationals before adding Licence Fees for BBC iPlayer
The culture secretary has today announced that he would bring forward legislation "as soon as possible" so that those watching catch-up TV do not get "a free ride".
This shows the skewed priorities of this government as the amount of money lost to Multi-national companies using unethical tax practices far exceeds the money to be made from the few people watching iPlayer without a TV licence, and unfairly penalises those who have no wish to watch TV but need a computer for other purposes.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/24/amazons-uk-business-paid-119m-tax-last-year
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/dec/15/starbucks-pays-uk-corporation-tax-8-million-pounds
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/mar/03/barclays-luxembourg-profits-tax-report
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jul/09/budget-means-hsbc-and-standard-chartered-banks-will-pay-1bn-less-in-tax
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