UK to reject EU plans to combat multinational tax avoidance

David Gauke, financial secretary to the Treasury, insists on tax competition as opposed to Union’s plan to introduce common tax rulesBritain will reject plans announced in Brussels this week to combat industrial-scale tax avoidance by the world’s biggest multinationals, the Treasury minister responsible for tax policy has said.David Gauke, financial secretary to the Treasury, told representatives from the European parliament that Britain would not adopt the measures to introduce certain comm