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"After Jimmy Carr and Gary Barlow&amp;#039;s controversial (but entirely legal) tax dodging, the issue has become a hot topic in the UK. The focus has naturally moved away from celebrities and in the direction of multinational corporations making millions in the UK, but paying little tax.   Amazon, Vodafone and others have long been criticised for various methods of minimising their tax bills, and only last year the government moved to limit one prominent tax loophole. It has been claimed that Facebook paid just \u00A3238,000 in tax last year on declared Facebook UK turnover of \u00A320.4 million. However, independent analysts suggested that the real figure of UK turnover is nearer \u00A3175m, and that sales are diverted through the Republic of Ireland to benefit from its lower corporation tax.   It has been noted that the company&amp;#039;s UK tax bill is actually less than the average amount it spends on staff costs (\u00A3270,000). Labour MP John Mann has called the company &amp;quot;disingenuous and immoral&amp;quot;, though there&amp;#039;s been no suggestion of illegality. Do you agree, or is a company&amp;#039;s first moral duty to its shareholders and customers - and not the taxman?   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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