Submitted on Monday 20th April 2020
Rejected on Thursday 21st May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Don't give state aid to companies registered in tax havens.
Companies registered in tax haven countries (countries on the EU list of "non-cooperative tax jurisdictions") should not receive any state aid
Additionally, firms applying for state aid should not be able to pay dividends or make share buy-backs for 2 years, unless they pay the state aid back 1st
If we are going to spend billions of pounds of taxpayers' money on saving companies and jobs, the money needs to go to that purpose. It shouldn't be being sent half way around the world to tax havens, or be be used to pay money to shareholders rather than employees and suppliers. It isn't unreasonable to expect companies to pay back state aid before they can start to pay dividends again.
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