Ok I'am with you on this, just closed chrome and opened firefox, I will not use amazon nor starbucks anymore.
You are right it is just out of order and just plain wrong and unfair.
I hope many more people do this.

Ah the "too big to fail" mentality. First it was the banks, they got away with it pretty much. We need the banks to keep people civilized and the world to keep turning I guess

These are some of the big guys.

Google is already on a slippery slope in my opinion. To get caught with this is another slap in the face to people who invested and lost any money with them. They should be furious Google is dodging taxes after losing many people money.

To me what is described in this article constitutes FRAUD not just 'immoral' practices.

Kick with out of the UK? Bunch of free loading mongrels. The evils of the share market, pleasing investors and executives receiving bonuses.

Government should force them to pay their fair share. No-one is asking them to pay more than they should, just their fair share. This is why this country is flat broke - too many taking out of the system or not contributing at all, and not enough funding it.

Government has to make them pay their taxes, the working man is unable to pay more than he is already. Anyway, a vast amount of working people are on top up benefits and pay no tax, because these corporations refuse to pay more than minimum wage which is insufficient to live on.

And while I'm on my soapbox, the politicians stand need to moan about corporations dodging their taxes, when they themselves have luxurious lifestyles paid for by taxpayers while their own personal wealth sits untouched. Bring back the days of proper politicians who did the job because they wanted to make a difference, and not in the job for the easy money.

Didn't JFK forfeit his pay while President?

The fact that this has been going on for so many years, using "loopholes" in the law, which are of course there by design to allow such practices for big business, shows the contempt the politicians have for the taxpayers of this country.
All that lobbying by big corporations sure does seem to pay off, and it has to end, right now.

If those corporations want to do business here then they should pay the price. After all, it's not a case that they wouldn't be making money, just that they wouldn't be making as much. So this is down to pure greed by those corporations and their big shareholders. The tax shortfall therefore has to be made up elsewhere, and it's always the little guy, small businesses and the public taxpayers who get stung because of the greed of the rich.

If they don't like paying the taxes here then tough, leave, we got along just fine before and we'll be just fine when they are gone. It's not like they contribute much anyway!

It's also time to outlaw lobbyibg completely. It has been shown time and time again to be riddled with corruption at high levels and should be stopped right now. Any politician found meeting with corporate representatives, outside of their specific duties, and in secret without transcripts of those discussions should be sacked and jailed.

This is a outrage !

Starbucks has also lied about its profits and claimed that it has not made a profit in the UK for 15 years

But you all know how this will turn out, the benefit scroungers will be blamed so we turn against each other. We should not be purchasing from these businesses but with Farther shop-mas around the corner I am sure business will be booming.

As the more you buy the happier you will be

I have just started an e-petition on the government website requesting large multinationals to have their taxation calculated on turnover rather than profit. Once it is authorised I will post the link here, if it is not against the T&Cs.

Sound just right for my country, let the billion pound company get away with paying next to nothign in tax - But arrest, fine and even inprison a single parent who can;t afford to live so he/she/they falsly claimed a few thousand pounds over the years.

Makes me #ing sick, the blame and responsability is always put onto the little persons shoulders. I wont be using none of these products and can only hope others do the dame

Tax evasion and tax avoidance by large corporations and those in the upper tax bracket costs this country an approximate £120billion per annum.
HMRC and successive governments have been actively complicit in allowing this to happen and continue.

Rather than concentrate on fixing these loopholes and fiddles the governement prefers to demonise benefit recipients and to target the most vulnerable and needy in our society.

By focusing on benefit fraud and benefit loopholes it is estimated that the government could save up to £6billion per annum.
So effectively this government would prefer to cause untold misery and discomfort on those already suffering hardship to claw back 5% of what could be saved if they concentrated on enforcing existing tax laws and plugging tax loopholes.