tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post7886453740307378392..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: In defence of tax havens (and why we should be one)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-85340239471022144622012-07-24T14:12:58.126+01:002012-07-24T14:12:58.126+01:00You're right, Amazon is in Lux.You're right, Amazon is in Lux.SadButMadLadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17836368722377421009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-58398273143644824292012-07-23T15:50:19.688+01:002012-07-23T15:50:19.688+01:00Pretty sure Amazon are HQ'd in Luxembourg - bu...Pretty sure Amazon are HQ'd in Luxembourg - but the argument still holdsSimon Cookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12586896340482296341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-19322568868740361702012-07-23T13:08:13.249+01:002012-07-23T13:08:13.249+01:00Did you know that Belgium is tax haven? That's...Did you know that Belgium is tax haven? That's why Amazon et al use it as a place to do most of their business from rather than the UK.<br /><br />Tax havens aren't always little islands in the middle of no where desperate to suck in loads of money. They are anywhere where the tax regime allows for a particular tax to be taxed at a lower rate than your own country.SadButMadLadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17836368722377421009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-65627557879420426342012-07-23T11:08:06.446+01:002012-07-23T11:08:06.446+01:00I agree with your underlying arguement. I believe ...I agree with your underlying arguement. I believe they're still trying to find some of the money stashed by Marcos. And it'll take several decades to unravel Libya, Egypt, Morocco and so on.<br /><br />Your guess about North Korea, or Burma or Saudi.<br /><br />Here they could, at a stroke, help repatriate a huge amount if they quit with the 90 day rule for expatriates and adopted the same 182 rule as they have in most of mainland Europe.Smoking Scotnoreply@blogger.com