So why are massive corporations getting away with paying basically no tax while I'm out here on the North Sea working my arse off to keep the lights on. It's just not right that they're making billions off our natural resources and our labour, and then they've got the nerve to claim they're barely breaking even.
I'm proposing that we introduce a new tax on large corporations that are operating in the UK, specifically those in the energy sector. This tax would be based on their actual profits, not some dodgy accounting figure that lets them claim they're not making any money. And the revenue generated from this tax would be invested straight back into local communities, like Grimsby, that are hosting these massive offshore wind farms.
It's not like these corporations are going to pack up and leave if we make them pay a bit more tax, they're making too much money off us already.
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It's not about dodging tax rules, it's about them actually showing what they earn. We had a similar thing with one of the big social housing providers last year, they were claiming all sorts of 'management fees' to cut down their reported profit. Took ages to sort out.
Typical @CymruCanDo, always worrying about the corporations packing up and leaving, but I think we should be more concerned about the state of our schools and hospitals, love. I see it every day at work, we're struggling to make ends meet, and it's the big corporations that need to start paying their fair share, not the other way around.