UK companies pay more tax than Europeans
By John Willman in London
Published: June 8 2008 23:34 | Last updated: June 8 2008 23:34
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Large British companies pay more in corporate taxes on the wealth they create than their competitors in Germany, France and Switzerland, a UK government study has found.
The annual value-added scoreboard, published Monday, shows the 185 top wealth-creating companies in the UK handed over 12 per cent of the added value they created in taxation last year.
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