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Vodafone was allowed to skip paying £8bn in tax in what MPs heard yesterday was a "sweetheart deal" with HM Revenue and Customs. The Public Accounts Committee also forced HMRC's lawyer Anthony Inglese to swear on the Bible that he was telling the truth about deals between the large companies and banks. Committee members Stephen Barclay said during the hearing yesterday: "We’re looking at a company that was given five years to pay even though it was sitting on a cash pile."
08/11/2011 in Tax
Vodafone was allowed to skip paying £8bn in tax in what MPs heard yesterday was a "sweetheart deal" with HM Revenue and Customs. The Public Accounts Committee also forced HMRC's lawyer Anthony Inglese to swear on the Bible that he was telling the truth about deals between the large companies and banks. Committee members Stephen Barclay said during the hearing yesterday: "We’re looking at a company that was given five years to pay even though it was sitting on a cash pile."
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