Irish Times: Double Dutch: loopholes get multinationals off tax hook

There was a sharp intake of breath in The Hague at the end of March when a senior executive of Starbucks told a British parliamentary inquiry he couldn’t reveal how much tax the company pays in the Netherlands – because of a confidentiality agreement demanded by the Dutch tax office.

http://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/ireland/double-dutch-loopholes-get-multinationals-off-tax-hook-1.1411926

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