Fintech’s blast at big firms who ‘optimise’ their tax bill

THE boss of fintech company Clearscore has said it is “unforgivable” that some big international firms fail to pay their fair share of UK tax.

- By Jon Robinson

GLOBAL PUSH: Justin Basini

Justin Basini said if he was Prime Minister for the day, he would pass a law forcing big business to pay tax based on the revenue they earned in this country.

Mr Basini, who co-founded the financial mar ketplace in 2015, told an upcoming episode of the City AM podcast Boardroom Uncovered: “I think it’s frankly unforgivable to oper ate large businesses in the nation and then optimise your tax position so that you don’t pay money and that you don’t pay tax in that nation.