Oh believe me, I&#x27;m plenty mad at UK politicians :) But since our current government gained a majority while only actually taking around 37% of the vote, I&#x27;m pretty sure we&#x27;re stuck between a rock and a hard place in actually getting the system changed.<p>Gonna quote a post from reddit:<p>&quot;Facebook does do things honestly &amp; by the book. It just so happens that they have a presence in multiple countries around the world. Due to this Facebook Uk® must pay massive amounts to lease the licenses for software &amp; intellectual property from Facebooks conveniently placed HQ in the lowest tax capitals in the world. Doing so at a price Facebook themselves chooses perhaps based on quarterly earning estimates runs at an amazing cost almost siphoning off all profit.
So the resulting entity which owns all the IP &#x2F; leasing then pays tax in the country it is in on its earnings. Now they may be incorperated in a place with minimal corporation tax &amp; simply keep a post office box there, but I assure you that&#x27;s entirely the focus of their operations &amp; is absolutely not just in place as a tax avoidance tactic.
Now if you dislike this you can absolutely tell them it&#x27;s unacceptable. I&#x27;m sure politicians will be telling them off and using them to get press for .. oh 7-14 days until people move on &amp; forget about it. At which point those same politicians won&#x27;t change anything which impacts the practices at all.&quot;