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Originally Posted by Damien

What does this have to do with the EU? Companies should have to pay tax either way and it's not the EU's fault if they don't considering France and Italy are seemingly doing better at extracting it from Google.

I thought I'd explained that. The TIMING of the announcement is what I'm wondering about not the decision. The referendum is only a few months away and these 'negotiations' have been going on for ages. Making this decision now (and I'll wager it won't be the last before the vote) as opposed to after the vote could be argued to be helping to sustain the status quo, especially given the liking of large companies to do just that and ensure we stay in. The last thing big business needs right now is more anti BigCorp sentiment.

It's only a discussion point, a passing thought, offered for debate.

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Originally Posted by Ramrod

MEPs allowed to claim £120,000 in expenses without proof of how money is spent .......EU officials don't want to saddle MEPs with an 'administrative burden' which would hamper their freedom

Nice, just about everything the EU does is to hamper most of us with extra complications in our lives, directly or indirectly. Life must be tough being an MEP eh?...