North Sea oil offers alternative to raising UK corporate tax

Josh White

August 23, 2018

Executives of North Sea oil companies are becoming increasingly worried about a tax increase in the next UK budget as the government looks for an alternative way of raising revenue without a corporate tax hike.

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Josh White

Special Projects Editor ITR

Josh covers transfer pricing, BEPS, tax disputes and other direct tax matters for ITR’s audience. He covers a range of tax issues in these areas and how companies are dealing with them, as well as the influence of politics on tax developments.

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