In 2013 I was one of the co-founders (and originator of the idea for) the Fair Tax Mark, which is now run by the Fair Tax Foundation. I still advise it.
Next week is Fair Tax Week and in advance the Fair Tax Foundation has issued some polling, summarised in these tweets:
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Pleased to inform you that at least one Metro Mayor gets it. North of Tyne’s Jamie Driscoll does his weekly video report in front of a bookcase with David Graeber’s ‘Debt’ by his left ear. When he leans forward to emphasise a point, ‘Joy of Tax’ appears!
Yay
Stories like these
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/may/04/amazon-sales-income-europe-corporation-tax-luxembourg
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/03/microsoft-irish-subsidiary-paid-zero-corporate-tax-on-220bn-profit-last-year
cant go on forever without consequences, especially if Austerity is inflicted upon us.
Why no mention of Jersey and Guernsey in the news about Corporation Tax. It is all Ireland at 12.5%. Are the Channel Islands exempt?
No
The UK is batting for them