delingpole
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Comment · 7 years ago
Comment · 8 years ago
No, the quote is saying that the name is irrelevant.
The OP is saying that Bayer will acquire the reputation of Monsanto because the activities of Bayer will be the same as Monsanto.
Comment · 12 years ago
In order to make this workable, the government would assume that certain industries make certain profit margins
e.g. 8% assumed profit for the sale of goods to 32% assumed profit for the sale of services. [0][1]
According to the FT:
"the new tax would be a “deemed profits” tax rather than a corporation tax, so as to sidestep issues about double tax treaties.
[...] the Treasury would identify profits that escaped tax in the UK because of royalty arrangements or the absence of a taxable presence.
[...] It seems to be something completely novel . . . It is a huge stick that will stop this artificial avoidance. The difficulty will be how it is defined in practice.” [2]
[0] Similar way to the way the UK flat rate VAT scheme works
[1]http://www.internationallawoffice.com/newsletters/Detail.asp...
[2] http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/127010ea-7af9-11e4-b630-00144feabd...
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