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Nov. 19th, 2012 09:53 amTAXATION OF MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS: some of the best shouting on telly today. My favorite so far is the Amazon guy getting trolled for calling warehouses 'fulfilment centres'.
The committee keeps making the same sarcastic comments as me.
They keep denying having figures. Committee is calling bullshit.
'where is payroll for the uk?' FOUR TIMES. nice work.
You have fallen into a committee trap. You have admitted that all activities take place in the uk. You are still claiming that the value happens luxumberg. There are no exits.
It's nice to see politicians from all major parties coming together to taunt this guy.
Claiming that you pay corporation tax to the committee will only make them angrier if the rate is about 0.2%. Bringing up your employees' income tax contributions will make it worse.
Man those are some ragey committee members.
Oh the least contentious issue raised is crushing local book sellers. So you better address that.
'You don't know your corporate structure?' So lovely.
Margert Hodge <3
'You're not serious here'
'Not at all'
Fiona Mactaggart's carefully constructed trap was totally delivered to her by Amazon over a period of years.
Google guy is always one question behind. Being able to keep track of all the questions asked of him so far allows him to search for the least offensive answer. He is the perfect cyborg for abetting committees.
He techno babbles beautifully.
Margert Hodge's diagram strikes back.
Unexpected honesty!
Google don't need to worry about public backlash; they're indespensible.
Watching the previous victims slump is pretty great.
This session was about tax so its peculiar that you came when you don't know anything about tax.
So, should we so business with you? Will we get tax back, or will you export it to Bermuda?
If we did tax you sensibly, would you leave the uk? *Avoid*
If you did leave, what would happen?
When the committee mentions the the Cayman islands instead of Bermuda, its a Freudian slip; they're thinking about the offshore system that the state they represent created.
Meg Hiller's declaration of her sandwich on google campus is the best part of this show.
'17000 engineers' is getting repetitive.
I think that Austin Michell's bracers are so USAUSAUSA to troll the companies they're talking to. He also has a cunning trap regards how to use the cash that ends up in Bermuda.
Search guy is still making a decent fight of it, especilly in the wide shots with Book and Coffee guys.
I think Stephan Barkley needs a more finance-knowledgeable victim to bite.
"Bermuda" lols.
'independent third parties' is totally finance-speak for 'tax advisers'
Ian Swales desperately wants there to be a people-power solution that avoids needing to legislate a solution.
Books is 100% consumer focused, presumably ignoring the desires of its shareholders.
Coffee has happily jumped on the opportunity to list it's community involvement pro grammes. He really needed somthing to perk him up.
'President coffee'
Do you think that the tax system is fit for propose for internet-based companies? *avoid*
'Who are your tax advisers?' I hope this is a sign that the committee is getting suspicious of the advise it is getting from the finance community.
'Bermuda' lols two: revenge of the 'Bermuda' lols.
The committee keeps making the same sarcastic comments as me.
They keep denying having figures. Committee is calling bullshit.
'where is payroll for the uk?' FOUR TIMES. nice work.
You have fallen into a committee trap. You have admitted that all activities take place in the uk. You are still claiming that the value happens luxumberg. There are no exits.
It's nice to see politicians from all major parties coming together to taunt this guy.
Claiming that you pay corporation tax to the committee will only make them angrier if the rate is about 0.2%. Bringing up your employees' income tax contributions will make it worse.
Man those are some ragey committee members.
Oh the least contentious issue raised is crushing local book sellers. So you better address that.
'You don't know your corporate structure?' So lovely.
Margert Hodge <3
'You're not serious here'
'Not at all'
Fiona Mactaggart's carefully constructed trap was totally delivered to her by Amazon over a period of years.
Google guy is always one question behind. Being able to keep track of all the questions asked of him so far allows him to search for the least offensive answer. He is the perfect cyborg for abetting committees.
He techno babbles beautifully.
Margert Hodge's diagram strikes back.
Unexpected honesty!
Google don't need to worry about public backlash; they're indespensible.
Watching the previous victims slump is pretty great.
This session was about tax so its peculiar that you came when you don't know anything about tax.
So, should we so business with you? Will we get tax back, or will you export it to Bermuda?
If we did tax you sensibly, would you leave the uk? *Avoid*
If you did leave, what would happen?
When the committee mentions the the Cayman islands instead of Bermuda, its a Freudian slip; they're thinking about the offshore system that the state they represent created.
Meg Hiller's declaration of her sandwich on google campus is the best part of this show.
'17000 engineers' is getting repetitive.
I think that Austin Michell's bracers are so USAUSAUSA to troll the companies they're talking to. He also has a cunning trap regards how to use the cash that ends up in Bermuda.
Search guy is still making a decent fight of it, especilly in the wide shots with Book and Coffee guys.
I think Stephan Barkley needs a more finance-knowledgeable victim to bite.
"Bermuda" lols.
'independent third parties' is totally finance-speak for 'tax advisers'
Ian Swales desperately wants there to be a people-power solution that avoids needing to legislate a solution.
Books is 100% consumer focused, presumably ignoring the desires of its shareholders.
Coffee has happily jumped on the opportunity to list it's community involvement pro grammes. He really needed somthing to perk him up.
'President coffee'
Do you think that the tax system is fit for propose for internet-based companies? *avoid*
'Who are your tax advisers?' I hope this is a sign that the committee is getting suspicious of the advise it is getting from the finance community.
'Bermuda' lols two: revenge of the 'Bermuda' lols.
