This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Implement Anti tax avoidance package by 1/1/2020 regardless when Brexit occurs
If the UK doesn’t leave the EU by 1 January 2020, then the government has to transpose the EU Anti Tax Avoidance Directive into UK law, thus getting an extra £20b a year from tax-dodgers. Implementation would be a good thing regardless of Brexit, and prove this was not a motivator for Brexit.
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There have been a number of articles suggesting that the urgency to leave the EU was motivated by this directive. This undermines public confidence in the government and this would be a win-win way to improve that and get extra revenue.
EU article on the tax-avoidance package: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/anti-tax-avoidance-package/
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
The Finance Act 2019 includes measures to ensure the UK is compliant with the Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive, so we're not sure exactly what you'd like the UK Government or Parliament to do.
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