The Week Explained: Tax Avoidance

Those of us who assumed that there was something dubious about the world's most famous purveyor of milky hot drinks (it calls itself a coffee specialist) have discovered that there is also something dubious about Starbucks' tax arrangements.

Starbucks is under fire in Britain for paying no corporate tax in the past three years despite sales of £1.2 billion (HK$15 billion). Starbucks says it paid no tax because it made no money. Yet it has consistently told shareholders its British operations are profitable.

via Business feed http://www.scmp.com/business/money/money-news/article/1070446/week-explained-tax-avoidance