This will put them in the front line of the debate about corporation tax avoidance around the world.
In bankruptcy court, the question was whether the main purpose of the plan was tax avoidance.
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The report comes amid growing public and political concern about tax avoidance and evasion.
If so, they clearly do not understand the difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion.
Of course, you can't take the discount if tax avoidance is your only motivation.
In fact, the person who actually wrote that bill stated that it would abolish tax avoidance.
The rise in corporate cash certainly could be solely about offshore profits and tax avoidance.
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MPs on the committee have been questioning tax advisers and operators of tax avoidance schemes.
He told world leaders there that countries must work together to clamp down on tax avoidance.
The three companies were recently grilled about tax avoidance before a committee of MPs.
It has not been suggested that any of their tax avoidance schemes are illegal.
"This shows they are determined to take a stand against complex tax avoidance schemes, " he said.
Which does rather leave us with what to say to politicians who complain about tax avoidance?
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However, there are those who insist that there is a third class: tax avoidance.
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Critics claim such places, which operate low-tax regimes, are used by companies for tax avoidance or evasion.
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They also discussed how G8 countries could take "concrete action" on tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance.
Mr Moscovici said France was "strongly determined to fight against tax fraud, tax avoidance, and tax evasion".
Last week, the Observer launched a debate over the specific problem of tax avoidance in developing companies.
However, the important question is does the French tax system offer zero such opportunities for tax avoidance?
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But a person could avoid the tax if tax avoidance was not one of his principal purposes.
There are several problems with this passage, including the (perhaps deliberate) mixing of tax evasion and tax avoidance.
Ironically, the law firm representing ABA Retirement, giant Sidley Austin LLP, is no stranger to facilitating tax avoidance.
The largest loopholes also favour the rich, making the tax system less progressive, and encourage rampant tax avoidance.
And does so entirely legally without even a hint of tax avoidance let alone anything more than that.
Meanwhile, Chancellor George Osborne has pledged more funds for the British authorities to tackle tax avoidance by multinationals.
But then it is not Mr Robinson who preached about the immorality of legal methods of tax avoidance.
That is, there is only tax compliance or tax evasion: there is no such thing as tax avoidance.
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The government will also make it harder for businesses involved in using tax avoidance schemes to get government work.
It comes as EU leaders meet in Brussels to discuss tackling tax avoidance.
His party colleague, Lord Phillips of Sudbury, claimed that an international industry of tax avoidance began in the 1970s.
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