Exclude tax haven companies from coronavirus relief schemes

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Following the example of Denmark and Poland who recently announced plans to exclude companies who have used tax havens to avoid paying their taxes. Those companies should use the money they have retained by exploiting the system.

The Government should not allow these companies to claim relief money if they have already withheld vast sums at the expense of the taxpayer. That money should be for those who don’t exploit the system for their own benefit, especially when there are so many better uses of taxes than bailing out billionaires’ failing companies, such as better security for the self employed, or better funding and provision for the NHS.

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

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

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

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

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 21 May 2020

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