Matthew Hodkin examines the proposed changes to the public procurement regime to include criteria based on the tax compliance history of a tendering party.
The political background to the government announcement on 14 February concerning tax and procurement stems from the economic crisis and in particular a number of recent press stories. Importantly for the government it could not continue to be put in a position where large corporations were seen to be getting away with tax avoidance and yet continuing to win large government contracts. This has coincided with tax moving higher up the media agenda and the growing perception amongst the general public that paying...
