MPs on the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee grilled Starbucks, Amazon and Google about why they paid almost no UK corporation tax. Starbucks CFO, Troy Alstead, said it was because the company made profits here only once in 15 years. Amazon's Andrew Cecil put it down to having their HQ in Luxembourg, where the top staff are based. Margaret Hodge, committee chair, described Google's offshore corporate arrangements as immoral. what ever happened to "Don't be evil?" - "doing the right thing - following the law, acting honorably and treating each other with respect" in Google own words.Gripping stuff!