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Big companies 'pay no UK tax'

AccountancyAge.com, Accountancy Age 20 May 2008

Some of the largest companies paid no tax, according to Times analysis

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Some of the largest listed companies in the UK paid little or no corporation tax in 2007, according to research by The Times.

The paper reviewed the accounts of a whole host of companies – including some which have said they may leave for tax reasons – and found many had not paid tax in the UK despite generating billions on profits.

Cadbury, Standard Chartered and British American Tobacco, with a combined market capitalisation of £75 billion, 11,000 UK staff and more than £6 billion in global profits, paid zero corporation tax in Britain last year, the paper said.

The paper said there was 'no suggestion of impropriety', adding that many of the companies earn the bulk of their profits overseas and pay their taxes outside the UK, allowing them to offset those against domestic liabilities.

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