Tax justice
Richard Murphy corrects some widely held misapprehensions
The subject of tax justice is receiving a lot of attention at the moment within Quakerism and the wider society. However, some recent correspondence on the subject, which I have read with interest and disappointment, reveals a common misapprehension.
This misapprehension suggests that any company is entitled to use any legal arrangement that is available to it to reduce its tax bill. It also infers that the responsibility for whatever loopholes exist, and which are exploited for this purpose, rests firmly with the government.
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