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Richard Brooks
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 103 pages Rating: 3.96 | 101 Users | 11 Reviews
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Title | : | The Great Tax Robbery: How Britain Became a Tax Haven for Fat Cats and Big Business |
Author | : | Richard Brooks |
Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
Book Edition | : | First Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 103 pages |
Published | : | Best Economics Books 346 books — 471 voters Best Left-Texts 419 books — 274 voters |
Categories | : | Business. Economics. Politics. Nonfiction. History |
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Investigative journalist and former tax-inspector Richard Brooks charts how the UK has become a global tax haven that serves the super wealthy, all with the Government’s help. Discover:• Why thousands of British state schools and NHS hospitals are owned by shell companies based in offshore tax havens
• How British companies like Vodafone strongly influence tax laws
• Why multinationals like Google and Starbucks can operate almost tax-free in the UK
• How the taxman turns a blind eye to billions in illegally evaded tax in secret Swiss bank accounts
• How footballers like Wayne Rooney use image rights companies to reduce their tax liability
Unpicking the tangled mess of loopholes that well known multinationals, bankers, and celebrities use to circumvent tax, this is a bold manifesto for a system where we all contribute out fair share.
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Ratings: 3.96 From 101 Users | 11 ReviewsAppraise Epithetical Books The Great Tax Robbery: How Britain Became a Tax Haven for Fat Cats and Big Business
Former tax-inspector Richard Brooks reports for Private Eye on a range of subjects and has contributed to the Guardian, the BBC, and many other media outlets. With David Craig he was co-author of the bestselling Plundering the Public Sector. In 2008 he was awarded the Paul Foot Award for Investigative Journalism. He lives in Reading.WE'RE ALL IN IT TOGETHER MY ARSE While the coalition and their fellow travellers in the media hark on about structural deficits, the necessity of reforming (read: destroying) the already emaciated welfare state, and how over-taxing those poor souls earning £150K+ a year will bring ruin to the country, former tax inspector for Her Majesties Revenues & Customs (HMRC) and current Private Eye reporter Richard Brooks has been looking into the issue of taxation, in particular the levels of tax
This is a book that anyone interested in the spiriting of vast sums from poorer counties or simply from the poor even in the UK should read. Billions of £'s disappear each year - the subject of profits or income that should be taxed that are not because (a) the laws are slack (b) HMRC is disinterested and ill-equipped because of poorly educated staff or cutbacks (c) governments are in thrall to business and scared stiff that any change to tax laws or to the proper imposition of existing laws
Reasonably clear for such a complex subject, and certainly eye-opening; 3.5 stars.
If you ever felt that the corporate world was fucking you up the arse, but couldn't articulate how, then this book will provide the mirror and the ruler you need to look behind you and see who's doing it and just how deep in they've managed to get. Your biggest surprise might be seeing just how liberally HMRC have be handing out the lube.This book will make get you exasperated and it will make you angry, but especially at this moment that is precisely how people need to feel. Must read.
This is a very good book about a hugely important, if rather dry subject - corporate taxation (mainly). For those not familiar with this subject (which I imagine is almost all readers) the book needs a little perseverance in the early chapters (even though, no doubt, Brooks has hugely simplified his explanation of the schemes). The second half of the book is the strongest part, where Brooks describes how the corporate taxation system has been totally captured by the big accountancy firms, and
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