Exclude companies that are registered in tax havens from any corona bailouts · petition

What the petition asks

The Danish & Polish governments have decided that companies registered in tax havens, pay out dividends, or buy back shares will not be eligible for corona bailout funding. The UK government should follow suit and restrict financial support to companies that have paid their fair share of UK taxes.

Tax havens have allowed multinational companies to avoid paying a fair tax rate for years, leading to smaller tax revenues and contributing to the underfunding of the NHS. An obvious consequence of this business decision should be that these companies should not be allowed to receive bailouts during this time of crisis. Financial aid should be channelled to those that have paid their fair share of UK tax revenue. This would save billions and encourage companies to avoid tax havens in the future.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: Ban all that engage in tax avoidance and evasion from receiving Corona relief

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Timeline

20 Apr 2020	Petition opened for signatures
21 May 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee