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May 24th, 2015

The media are all getting excited about the tax Amazon will pay now that they’re recording UK sales in the UK. Except they’re forgetting that corporation tax is paid on profit, not revenue. And Amazon barely makes a profit…

It’s the profitable companies that we need to get paying more tax in the UK! Apple, Starbucks and Google. But maybe this will put more pressure on them.

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