Why does Starbucks pay so little tax? - MoneyWeek Investment Tutorials

Big, profitable companies can reduce their corporation tax bill to almost nothing. Tim Bennett explains how they manage it. Visit http://moneyweek.com/youtube for extra videos not found on YouTube. MoneyWeek videos are designed to help you become a better investor, and to give you a better understanding of the markets. They’re aimed at both beginners and more experienced investors. In all our videos we explain things in an easy-to-understand way. Some videos are about important ideas and concepts. Others are about investment stories and themes in the news. The emphasis is on clarity and brevity. We don’t want to waste your time with a 20-minute video that could easily be so much shorter. Related links… -What is profit? http://moneyweek.com/videos/beginners-guide-to-investing-what-is-profit-04914/ - The lazy way to get rich http://moneyweek.com/videos/investment-tutorial-compound-interest-compounding-14700/ - How to value a company using net assets http://moneyweek.com/videos/how-to-value-a-company-using-net-assets/ - What are earnings per share? http://moneyweek.com/videos/beginners-guide-to-investing-earnings-per-share-11612/

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1. Its good that they pay little tax it helps their company grow faster and bigger and employ more staff, the more staff the more employees, the more employees the more tax from employees and less people without jobs getting payed the benefit from tax payers money.
2. Parliament could enact legislation to stop it. It would be better if these shops were owned individually and not by corporations
3. Well, you nations want they can tackle all these points. Where is the action against tax plainning?
4. just to throw it out there. there $$ has to go somewhere---there are never "no taxes" unless you're spending heavily period.
   A company/person either spends on growth, or they are taxed while they save up for something.
   
   the only exception is a community which employs, feeds and houses itself. while the umbrella corporation pays "wages" that are offset by standard and personal exemptions.
5. Excellent!
6. You want to reduce you tax as much as possible and even lower than that? Hire a Jew Accountant.
7. im not sure why the government doesnt do anything about this. We would be really well off if corporations actually paid taxes right now 80% of corporations dont pay taxes
8. Right, so I really think we need to not blindly couple legal and ethical practices. Simply because something is legal does not imply it is ethical and responsible to the community and planet. These strategies exist because of high level lobbying and teams of highly qualified tax attorneys
9. Actually there are stringent Transfer Pricing rules which make this illegal.
10. you took 6 min 30 secs in the video just to get to the point....Damn!!!!
11. Thats how banks and some laws work. Make it complicated in a way that you always lose and they win anyway. that sounds...should and can make be done illegal.
12. wrongx, and no dourx, not into headsx etc., idts
13. Nice video I like it. Holland is only two provinces of the Netherlands though and you talk about tax set by countries ;)
14. Corporation tax clearly doesn't work does it, they have to come up with a new economic blueprint.
15. wow ... so nice explained -> really nice and interesting
16. don't you have to pay for royalty income
17. Nice video! Would you argue then that the UK should lower corporate taxes in order to increase its tax revenue?
18. He actually starts at 6:27, skip to then if you just want him to start explaining.
19. can you take money out a Trust. i thought i for when some one dies.
20. i like your shirts, this one especially.