Quote Originally Posted by DryCleaning View Post
seems ok to me. As Az will tell you, one of the purposes of the tax system is to reward or punish behaviours. The UK has to improve it productivity and you do that from investment. The current tax system is favourable towards investment so this is very much a good thing.
Doesn't make a lot of sense to me. A windfall tax that the government were virtually forced into, to help plug the black hole in the finances, and Shell haven't paid a penny.

I get that investment is good, but to have paid zero extra tax doesn't seem right.