Multinationals
"Successive governments, including Theresa May’s administration, have pledged to crack down on multinational companies gaming the international tax system to pay less tax. But accusations persist that some multinationals have been allowed to arrange so-called “sweetheart” deals with firms, including Google, Vodafone and Starbucks, to pay nominal sums to settle investigations into allegations of years of tax avoidance." (The Guardian.)
Doesn't some multinationals have been allowed to arrange so-called “sweetheart” deals with firms, including Google, Vodafone and Starbucks mean that deals have been arranged between multinational firms themselves, not between multinationals and the taxman (government)?
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It is poorly punctuated. It should be: But accusations persist that some multinationals have been allowed to arrange so-called “sweetheart” deals, with firms, including Google, Vodafone and Starbucks, to pay nominal sums to settle investigations into allegations of years of tax avoidance.
- It is poorly punctuated.
- It should be: But accusations persist that some multinationals have been allowed to arrange so-called “sweetheart” deals, with firms, including Google, Vodafone and Starbucks, to pay nominal sums to settle investigations into allegations of years of tax avoidance.
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It is poorly punctuated. It should be:
But accusations persist that some multinationals have been allowed to arrange so-called “sweetheart” deals, with firms, including Google, Vodafone and Starbucks, to pay nominal sums to settle investigations into allegations of years of tax avoidance.
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