It is time for a new approach to international tax. Multinationals ranging from GE in the US, Amazon in France and Starbucks in the UK are being attacked for tax avoidance. At a recent hearing, UK members of parliament pilloried companies for using tax havens, for “manipulating” their accounts to cut their tax bills and for engaging in “immoral” activity. MPs peppered their questions with phrases such as “it beggars belief” and “I don’t know what you take us for.”
是时候采用新的国际税制了。包括美国的通用电气(GE)，法国的亚马逊(Amazon)以及英国的星巴克(Starbucks)，许多跨国公司都因避税问题而受到指责。在英国议会最近举行的一个听证会上，议员们抨击企业利用避税天堂、为降低纳税额而“操纵”账目以及从事“不道德”行为。议员们连珠炮般地发出诘问，“难以置信”和“不知道你们把我们当成什么了”之类的语句不时出现。
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