Companies that fail to prevent tax evasion could face penalties as part of plans announced by Danny Alexander.
The Liberal Democrat chief secretary to the treasury aims to introduce a new offence for firms that fail to act to prevent economic crime.
Mr Alexander told the Andrew Marr show he wants organisations that encourage or facilitate tax evasion to face the same penalties as evaders themselves.
So they mean like the HSBC case, where no-one was even summoned to court, or investigated?
Introduce it retrospectively back to 2007, I think you'll find that almost every bank in the world is guilty of that one.
The Liberal Democrat chief secretary to the treasury aims to introduce a new offence for firms that fail to act to prevent economic crime.
Mr Alexander told the Andrew Marr show he wants organisations that encourage or facilitate tax evasion to face the same penalties as evaders themselves.
The proposed crackdown comes in the wake of HSBC tax-dodging allegations.
So they mean like the HSBC case, where no-one was even summoned to court, or investigated?
new offence for firms that fail to act to prevent economic crime
I better arrest myself?
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