Search Results for 'Starbucks'

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article 12 November 2012 Business
Starbucks, Amazon and Google grilled by MPs on tax

Representatives of the three international companies are called before MPs to face charges that they were using legal but undesirable methods to minimise tax payments in the UK.

article 16 October 2012 Business
Starbucks 'paid no UK income tax' since 2009

The international coffee chain reported losses in the UK and has paid no corporation tax since 2009 despite sales of £1.2bn, prompting renewed calls for changes to the UK tax system.

article 02 December 2012
Starbucks in talks with taxman

Starbucks is reviewing its tax position following talks with HMRC and a public outcry led by UK critics who say the US coffee giant isn't paying its fair share of tax.

article 11 May 2011 World, United States
Starbucks boss Schultz attacks high coffee prices

The current high price of coffee on commodity markets is down to "financial institutions orchestrating an unnatural acute rise" Starbucks Chief Executive Howard Schultz complains to Channel 4 News.

article 24 January 2012 World, United States
An extra shot with that? Starbucks to sell booze

The giant coffee chain is turning its baristas into bar staff by offering wine and beer in a selection of US stores. But do customers really want alcohol alongside their soy decaff latte?

article 06 December 2012 Business
Starbucks: 'We'll pay extra tax'

Starbucks pledges to pay around £20m in corporation tax over the next two years after being accused of "immorally" slashing its tax bill.

article 02 March 2012 UK
Wake up and smell the rise of the coffee shop in Britain

With Starbucks and Costa expanding in the UK, Channel 4 News looks at how coffee shop chains have survived the economic downturn.

article 03 December 2012 Business
Companies 'immorally' minimised UK tax bills

Starbucks, Google and Amazon are accused of "immorally" minimising their UK tax bills in a critical report by a group of MPs.

article 24 January 2013 UK
Cameron calls on business to 'wake up, smell the coffee'

David Cameron tells Davos that Britain will push for global action against "aggressive" tax avoidance during its year-long presidency of the G8 - and makes a dig at Starbucks along the way.

article 04 November 2012 UK
Taxman fails to get his teeth into Apple's overseas profits

Apple paid less than 2 per cent on its profits to the taxman outside the US, despite its overseas profits surging by more than 50 per cent, documents reveal.