Major firms quizzed over tax
Starbucks, Google and Amazon are bring questioned by MPs on the Public Accounts Committee on the issue of tax avoidance. The multinational firms are accused of paying little or no tax on their UK earnings.
Multinationals 'can afford to work around our tax system'
Robert Oxley from the Taxpayers Alliance has told Daybreak that multinationals, such as Starbucks, Amazon and Google, "can afford the accountants and the well-paid lawyers to work their way around our tax system."
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MPs grill companies over 'immoral' tax avoidance
Big brands Amazon, Starbucks and Google were questioned by MPs today on their entirely legal tax avoidance methods.
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Why MPs can't be too outraged at US giants' tax affairs
MPs will today pour scorn at the UK tax affairs of the likes of Amazon and Starbucks, despite setting the rules within which they operate.