On Sun, 3 Jan 2016 19:39:16 +1100, "Rod Speed"
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"MM" wrote in message
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On Sat, 2 Jan 2016 20:07:45 +0000, soup
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On 02/01/2016 19:35, Richard wrote:
"soup" wrote in message ...

On 02/01/2016 11:38, MM wrote:
Amazon sent an emergency
locksmith, who arrived 10 minutes ago. I'm rather surprised that he
hasn't got it open yet!
What would you do ? Open it in two minutes and get just the call-out
fee or spin the job out to sixteen minutes and get the call-out fee and
the first part of an hour that you are able to charge an entire hour
for.
I'd do the job I was asked to do, without ripping off the customer.

When Amazon stops ripping off Britain then I would worry about cutting
them a square deal.

How on earth is Amazon ripping off Britain? They adhere to the tax
laws to the letter. If the tax laws are constructed in such a way that
legal loopholes are created,

It isnt a legal loophole,

Are they breaking any *law*?

Er, no they are NOT! Therefore all they are doing is exploiting a
legal loophole just like you do when you talk to your accountant about
saving tax. No one *donates* tax, which is what that silly woman
Margaret Hodge seems to want from big corporations.

its actually a problem with forcing
multinationals to pay the tax they should be paying when
its so easy to appear to be earning the profit in the jurisdiction
that pays no corporate income tax or a much lower rate of that.

Again, are they breaking any *law* by situating their business in
another country?

No, they are not!

Everyone in government is ****ed because the corporations can emply
better accountants.

then I would recommend anyone to use
them. Did YOU never try to save tax?

I have never avoided tax completely like Amazon, Apple etc do all the time.

Either you avoid tax or you don't. It's like, no one can be a little
bit pregnant.

MM