MPs roast taxman over Starbucks tax bill

LONDON (Reuters) - MPs tore into the chief of the tax authority on Monday for allowing coffee chain Starbucks to pay almost no corporation tax despite selling coffee and snacks worth billions of pounds to British customers. MPs on the Public Accounts Committee, which is tasked with ensuring value in government financial affairs, said Starbucks's low tax payments had undermined public trust in the whole tax system. The low tax payments from Starbucks have become a political issue in Britain since they were revealed in a Reuters investigation last month. ...