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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Anna Wise

Amazon’s annual UK tax bill rises to top £1.3 billion

Amazon has said it paid more than £1.3 billion in UK taxes last year (Peter Byrne/PA) - (PA Archive)

Amazon has said it paid more than £1.3 billion in UK taxes last year, as higher labour and business costs helped push up the total bill by at least a fifth.

The online marketplace is one of the UK’s biggest employers, despite making a series of layoffs globally in recent months.

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