George Osborne Quotes

I did not use a Cayman Island entity to avoid paying taxes for myself.

Transparency and effective tax co-operation must be shared principles applied by all. Until they are, nations will need to protect themselves against loss of revenues to tax havens.

It's not Apple's fault that they're seeking to avoid paying taxes. They're not lying, cheating or stealing. They're following the rules that were created by governments. If the government doesn't like the rules, they can change them.

Those who take their money abroad in an effort to avoid paying American taxes should lose their American citizenship.

I'm careful to pay every single penny on my taxes. I don't have any money offshore.

Crucially, African governments must ensure they prioritize the eradication of tax evasion and tax avoidance.

I do not think we should tax people to a point where they are looking for tax loopholes and getting their money out of the country.

I don't want to increase taxes, I just want taxes to be paid honestly.

We are one of only two FTSE 100 companies which do not use offshore or other tax avoidance arrangements. In fact, we are probably one of the highest taxpaying companies in the index.

I was an international tax specialist. Yeah, I was an international man of mystery and tax specialist.

The most important ways in which I think the Internet will affect the big issue is that it will make it more difficult for government to collect taxes.

And it would be fair. Everyone will pay the same tax and it will eliminate tax cheaters and corporate shenanigans.

Why do tax havens exist? Because rich countries allow them to. If the U.S. came down on tax havens in the same way they come down on countries that trade with Iran and Cuba, we'd have no tax havens in the world.

Those who willfully conceal assets overseas undermine the playing field for all taxpayers.

Government can wreck a business by confiscating its money by taxation.

That's why so many stars are making pictures in Europe today. The tax guys are making thieves out of everybody.

Corporations must pay tax.

Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces.

Make no mistake, tax cheaters cheat us all, and the IRS should enforce our laws to the letter.

I believe in the abolition of tax-exempt bonds.

When you find out that 40 percent of the big corporate taxpayers paid less than $500 in tax, you begin to think something is amiss.

[Describing out tax system:] ... a disgrace to the human race.

Bashing the Internal Revenue Service is popular ... An impotent agency would allow the would allow the dishonest to avoid paying what they owe, and encourage honest taxpayers to cut corners.

The tax structure of the United States is fast becoming the most regressive of any Western nation.

The result of offshore tax evasion is a disproportionate tax burden on law-abiding citizens and fewer resources available for public spending or tax cuts.