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Small businesses could be handed hundreds of millions in tax cuts out of the cash raised by forcing the likes of Google to cough up more to HMRC, MPs heard in a debate about digital tax yesterday. Tory MP Neil O'Brien, who brought the debate, said international tax treaties had been designed in an era of physical premises …

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  1. Aladdin Sane

    could be handed hundreds of millions in tax cuts

    But probably won't be.

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    1. Geoff Campbell Silver badge
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      Re: could be handed hundreds of millions in tax cuts

      s/probably/definitely/

      FTFY.

      GJC

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      1. Aladdin Sane
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        Re: could be handed hundreds of millions in tax cuts

        You never know, it COULD happen. Same as Lord Lucan could appear at any moment.

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        1. Geoff Campbell Silver badge
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          Re: could be handed hundreds of millions in tax cuts

          Lord Lucan, riding Shergar, pulling Santa Claus' sleigh at 15,000 feet, is the sort of level of probability we're looking at, I would suggest.

          GJC

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  2. Peter2 Silver badge

    Hundreds of millions of pounds could also be put towards paying down the massive national debt, but will probably end up being raided for vote buying schemes instead.

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      Or keeping the DUP sweet... Which could be viewed as a vote buying scheme, I guess

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  3. Anonymous Coward
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    Good luck with that massive £50 million on a turnover of 5.7b

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43566751

    I see our tax system is still working as intended.

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  4. John Crisp

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    They'll obviously add it to the £350 million for the NHS....

    I'll get my unicorn. I fancy a ride into the sunset :-)

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