UK Businesses Push Back on Tax Crackdown in Election Talks

Political contenders in the UK’s general elections next month should focus more on simplifying the country’s tax system instead of on curbing tax avoidance, according to several company tax officials.

The UK’s political parties released policy manifestos earlier this month outlining their tax plans ahead of general elections July 4. Some offered promises to increase the tax administration’s funding to crack down on tax avoidance and close the tax gap.

The tax avoidance proposals face unlikely prospects of being achieved, according to .John Connors, tax counsel at Vodafone and chair of the tax commission at the International Chamber ...