Next time you are about to buy from Amazon think twice!! Amazon UK boycott urged 12 May 2014 Shoppers have been urged to boycott Amazon’s British business after it paid just £4.2m in tax last year, despite selling goods worth £4.3b. This figure was more than the UK sales of Argos, Dixons or the non-food arm of Marks & Spencer. Margaret Hodge, chair of the public accounts committee, said shoppers should find alternatives to the Seattle-headquartered retailer, after consumer action persuaded coffee chain Starbucks to resume UK tax payments last year. “It is an outrage and Amazon should pay their fair share of tax,” said Hodge. “They are making money out of not paying taxes. I no longer use Amazon. We should shop elsewhere. What we demonstrated with Starbucks is the power of the consumer voice.” Amazon’s most recent charge brings its contribution to the public purse through corporation tax to just over £10m in a decade. Over the last four years, Amazon has generated £23b in British sales. It made a tax contribution of £3.2m the previous year.
Posted on: Mon, 12 May 2014 10:48:36 +0000
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