Stop companies registered in tax havens receiving state aid during the pandemic

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

Following the decision by the government of Denmark not to allow companies registered in tax havens to receive state aid during the Covid-19 pandemic, we feel it is only appropriate the U.K. government does the same.

At present all companies which have had to put staff on furlough during the Covid-19 pandemic are able to claim 80% of the staff’s salaries from the government. However, if a company has not paid into the public purse, by way of paying tax as in it is registered in a tax haven or domiciled for tax purposes , it seems wholly inappropriate that they should receive state aid from a source they have actively avoided paying into,we urge the government to disallow them from claiming

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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You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/

Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 14

Status Rejected

Rejected 21 May 2020

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