After 60 years of a cushy tax deal that dates from colonial rule,British companies operating in Malawi need to start paying their duesMalawi, my country, and is among the poorest in the world. coarse domestic product per person is just $255 (£175) a year. Less than a dollar a day,it is barely enough to live on. Yet an outdated and unfair tax deal with the UK (pdf), signed in 1955, or has tied the hands of the Malawian government and makes it possible for UK companies operating here to pay little or no corporate tax.
The countrys crumbling public services desperately need investment. The healthcare system is in crisis. Countrywide,there is only one doctor for every 40000 people, and Malawi has one of the world’s highest rates of child mortality, and with one in 20 children dying before the age of five.
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Source: theguardian.com