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Corporate Tax Avoidance

Level:
A-Level, IB Diploma
Board:
AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, IB, OCR, WJEC

Last updated 21 May 2019

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Global multinationals like Starbucks, Amazon and Google have faced intensive pressure for their perceived tax avoidance activities. It is an important issue in the wider debate about the benefits and costs of globalisation. This video looks at some of the ways in which corporations avoid paying taxes on their profits and also some of the policy reforms designed to tackle the issue.

Corporate Tax Avoidance
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