On 17/02/2015 11:57, scott wrote:
>>> And don't forget in your example above the UK government will get far
>>> more in VAT than the Dutch government will get in tax,
>>
>> Sorry, could you explain the significance of that?
>
> That the UK government don't get "nothing" from Starbucks because they
> transferred all their profit abroad.
>

I would say that they do get nothing.
Star***ks only collect the VAT they get from their customers and pass it 
on to HMRC. VAT has nothing to do with the company's profit.

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Regards
     Stephen

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