Submitted on Thursday 23rd April 2020
Rejected on Friday 3rd July 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Don't bail out billionaires - save small businesses instead
Companies owned by billionaire investors, many of whom pay little or no UK tax, are asking for government bailouts. Conversely, small businesses that pay all their taxes in the UK have received almost no help from government, with owners expected to take out expensive loans to cover bills.
For years, big companies have used buyback schemes & offshore tax havens to starve their own companies of revenue. This maximised payouts to shareholders, while allowing them to minimise staff wages & payments to HMRC, and now, it's an excuse to deny customers legally entitled refunds.
Meanwhile, thousands of small limited companies that treat customers fairly and pay their UK taxes are being left behind, unable to access affordable loans or government grants.
Don't help billionaires. Help SMEs.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign some of these petitions:
Introduce financial measures to support SMEs during Coronavirus outbreak: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302889
Ban or limit bailouts for big businesses: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/303614
Stop Multi Million pound companies claiming government funded furlough payments: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/314882
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