{"id":7023,"date":"2015-12-07T16:50:29","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T16:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=7023"},"modified":"2015-12-08T17:20:20","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T17:20:20","slug":"close-the-net-on-tax-avoidance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=7023","title":{"rendered":"Close the net on tax avoidance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Unite highlighted today (December 7) that the case for chancellor George Osborne \u00e2\u20ac\u015bclosing the net on corporate tax avoidance\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 is further reinforced with reports that Cadbury\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s owner, Mondelez International, did not pay any UK corporation tax last year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nA <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesundaytimes.co.uk\/sto\/news\/uk_news\/National\/article1641923.ece\"><em>Sunday Times<\/em> investigation<\/a> found that Mondelez was able to legally dodge \u00e2\u20ac\u015btens of millions of pounds\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 in tax since its controversial takeover of Cadbury five years ago.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nUnite unsuccessfully campaigned against the takeover of Cadbury in 2010 by Kraft Foods that has now transmuted into Mondelez.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nIn 2014 alone, the company made a profit of \u00c2\u0141149m.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bNifty footwork by clever accountants meant that the treasury was denied millions of pounds in corporation tax that could have been spent on the NHS and other much-needed public services,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 Unite regional officer Joe Clarke said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bOnce again, George Osborne is turning a blind eye to the accounting machinations of big powerful multi-nationals, but turning the screw on those struggling financially in the form of welfare cuts that may have been postponed in the recent comprehensive spending review, but will be coming down the track eventually,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 he added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe case for a closing the net on the legal means for corporate tax avoidance is further reinforced by the Mondelez revelations,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 Clarke went on to say.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWhile the exchequer is denied its due from Mondelez, shareholders are feasting on dividend payments of \u00c2\u01411.3 billion.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unite highlighted today (December 7) that the case for chancellor George Osborne \u00e2\u20ac\u015bclosing the net on corporate tax avoidance\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 is further reinforced with reports that Cadbury\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s owner, Mondelez International, did not pay any UK corporation tax last year. &nbsp; A Sunday Times investigation found that Mondelez was able to legally dodge \u00e2\u20ac\u015btens of millions of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[237],"wps_subtitle":" Cadbury\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s owner dodges UK corporation tax","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7023"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7023"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7025,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7023\/revisions\/7025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}