article_snippet.sent: Starbucks is embroiled in fresh controversy over Starbucks tax affairs after Starbucks was accused of using a little-known British company to avoid paying taxes across Europe.
article_snippet.sent: Starbucks is being probed by the European Commission over some of the methods Starbucks used to lower Starbucks tax bills.
article_snippet.sent: Starbucks could face millions of pounds in back taxes if they are found to be illegal.
article_snippet.sent: For the first time yesterday, details emerged about Starbucks at the heart of the probe, which is focusing on sweetheart tax deals between Starbucks and the Dutch government.
article_snippet.sent: Starbucks ran Starbucks European division - including the UK - through the Netherlands, but Starbucks paid just £1.9million in tax to the Dutch government, from a reported £300million profit .
article_snippet.sent: Starbucks ran Starbucks European business, including Starbucks booming UK division, through the Netherlands where Starbucks paid almost no tax on Starbucks profits.
article_snippet.sent: But Starbucks has now emerged that the coffee chain used a defunct British entity to hide potentially millions of pounds from the Dutch taxman.
article_snippet.sent: Starbucks has already been called ‘immoral’ by MPs for Starbucks labyrinthine structure that effectively funnelled money out of UK.
article_snippet.sent: Schemes used by Starbucks include buying Schemes used by the company coffee beans in Switzerland and selling its coffee beans in Switzerland at a 20per cent mark-up to the Netherlands, where its coffee beans in Switzerland are then roasted before being sold on again to Britain.
article_snippet.sent: A Starbucks spokesman said the company complies 'with all relevant tax rules, laws, and OECD guidelines'
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article_snippet.sent: Earlier this year the British boss of Starbucks provoked outrage after suggesting Starbucks would not pay ‘normal’ levels of tax for years.
article_snippet.sent: UK managing director Mark Fox said Starbucks needed to get
article_snippet.sent: UK managing director Mark FoxStarbucks mojo back’ before Starbucks would begin to turn a profit.
article_snippet.sent: But UK managing director Mark Fox was confounded only weeks later when Starbucks reported Starbucks first ever UK profit of £1.1million – despite sales being a bumper £300million.
article_snippet.sent: A Starbucks spokesman said: ‘Starbucks comply with all relevant tax rules, laws, and OECD guidelines and Starbucks continue to cooperate with the European Commission’s state aid investigation in the Netherlands.
highlights_snippet.sent: Starbucks ran Starbucks European business - including UK - through Holland .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: A Starbucks spokesman said Starbucks complies 'with all relevant tax rules, laws' 