HMRC are being pushed to find every penny, yet this has been going on for ages in clear sight and it's just because the Germans are pursuing it that they pull their heads out of the sand.
Self employment in the building industry was under high scrutiny for the same reasons(isle of man then at 10% tax) 8 years ago so why are they feckless here?
O'leary is a slippery weasel and these guys move in similar circles! It's a financial catch me if you can.
Starbucks are finally coughing up some corporation tax, 8million this year which equals the same as the total paid in last 15. Inter company purchase of coffee beans from Switzerland where the profit was declared in a low tax regime.
Fraud that's the word for it but like the bankers, so few get their just desserts.