Distinction in travel journalism
Is independent travel journalism important to you?
Click here to keep it independent

31 Jan, 2016

Meet the whistleblower who helped expose Google’s tax avoidance – The Independent

Like millions of others this weekend, Barney Jones is filling in his tax returns. The forms detailing earnings and expenditure are not for the faint-hearted, and completing them seldom gives satisfaction – even when you’ve just played a key role in adding an extra £130m to Britain’s coffers. The whistleblower who helped to reveal how Google was avoiding paying tax in the UK said that Britain needed to create better incentives to encourage more people to come forward and reveal how multinationals are avoiding paying tax to the Exchequer. His call came along with revelations that the European Commission has been asked to investigate other controversial tax deals HMRC is currently negotiating with multinational companies.

Read the rest: Barney Jones: Meet the whistleblower who helped expose Google’s tax avoidance | Business | News | The Independent