On: Microsoft owes Denmark $1B in taxes

[vellum]

>UK government is chairing the G20 and is pushing "fixing international corporate taxation"

That's rich, considering London is one of the biggest tax havens around.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2007/jul/08/tax.business1

[lifeisstillgood → vellum]

Every western government has off shore havens they give a nod and wink to - but it's this very prisoners dilemma that the G8 etc want to solve.

[Silhouette → vellum]

Did you realise that the article you linked was from 2007?

I think it's safe to say that the political and economic landscape has changed a little since then.

[vellum → Silhouette]

I looked around and they still have non-domicile rule. Since 2008, they added an annual £30,000 fee, but that's nothing if you're rich.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/london-is-a-magne... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_in_the_United_Kingdom1...