Submitted on Monday 20th April 2020
Rejected on Thursday 21st May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Stop companies registered in tax havens receiving state aid during the pandemic
Following the decision by the government of Denmark not to allow companies registered in tax havens to receive state aid during the Covid-19 pandemic, we feel it is only appropriate the U.K. government does the same.
At present all companies which have had to put staff on furlough during the Covid-19 pandemic are able to claim 80% of the staff’s salaries from the government. However, if a company has not paid into the public purse, by way of paying tax as in it is registered in a tax haven or domiciled for tax purposes , it seems wholly inappropriate that they should receive state aid from a source they have actively avoided paying into,we urge the government to disallow them from claiming
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