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| Subject: Rights: Starbucks rejects tax row threat after Cameron speech Mon Jan 28, 2013 3:25 am | |
| Starbucks has dismissed reports it held urgent talks with government officials over fears it was being singled out for criticism of corporate tax avoidance.
Starbucks confirmed that it had had a meeting at Downing Street on Friday, but said this was "long-scheduled".
Last week Prime Minister David Cameron said tax avoiders "need to wake up and smell the coffee", perceived as a thinly-veiled swipe at the company.
Tory party Chairman Grant Shapps said no-one was being singled out.
However, he repeated that companies had to pay "their fair share" of tax.
Starbucks, along with Amazon, Google and others, faced a public backlash last year over the disclosure of the amount of corporation tax they pay.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21219823#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa |
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