Margaret Hodge MP, chair of the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC), hauled Google, Amazon and Starbucks over the hot coals earlier this month for avoiding UK taxes. She tells Salman Shaheen how transparency measures such as country-by-country reporting and FATCA can be used to ensure companies pay their fair share of tax, and calls for HMRC to step up its game.
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