英國公共審計委員會要求星巴克、亞馬遜和谷歌解釋，為何有上百萬銷售卻只支付小量稅收。
英國國會反對派工黨成員，同時也是公共審計委員會主席的霍奇表示：「在當前的財政情況下，這令人格外憤怒。」
路透社的報導指出，星巴克在過去三年間沒有支付任何公司稅或所得稅，且在過去13年中，儘管銷售為31億英鎊，卻只繳納總額為860萬英鎊（1374萬美元）的稅。
谷歌將非美國的銷售導向一間愛爾蘭分公司來逃避英國徵稅，亞馬遜也藉由盧森堡分公司提報歐洲銷售來逃避英國徵稅。透過此舉，亞馬遜去年得以繳納僅11%的稅率，這比它在主要市場平均稅率的一半還少，谷歌儘管有40億銷售，卻只負擔340萬英鎊的稅。
英國和德國皆計畫督促G20正視適當稅收的問題，也將修正稅制漏洞，使公司能確保在英國所賺的銷售利潤不會流到海外。
(Business) Starbucks, Amazon and Google in UK Tax Dispute
The PAC (Public Accounts Committee) has asked Starbucks, Amazon, and Google to explain how they managed to pay only small amounts of taxes in Britain while making millions in sales.
Margaret Hodge, a member of parliament for the opposition Labour Party and chairman of the PAC states, It makes people incredibly angry in the current fiscal climate.
According to a Reuters report, Starbucks has not paid any corporation or income tax in the past three years, and only 8.6 million pounds (US$13.74 million) in total UK tax during the 13 years, while its sales were 3.1 billion pounds.
Google avoids UK taxes by channeling non-US sales via an Irish unit, and Amazon avoids UK taxes by reporting European sales through a Luxembourg-based unit. By doing this, Amazon was able to pay a tax rate of only 11 percent last year, which is less than half the average tax rate in its major markets, and Google had a tax charge of just 3.4 million pounds despite its 4 billion in sales.
Both Britain and Germany plan to push the Group of 20 economic powers to pay the proper amount of taxes, and will work to fix loopholes that allow companies to ensure that profits made from sales in the UK do not go overseas.
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