Tesco has called for a 1% online sales tax to be slapped on digital retail giants such as Amazon ahead of the spring Budget.
It comes as bosses at UK supermarkets, high street chains and retail property owners call on the Chancellor for an overhaul of the current tax system to put them on a “level playing field” with online rivals.
Tesco boss Ken Murphy is among 18 bosses to sign a letter to Rishi Sunak calling for a permanent reduction in business rates in the March 3 Budget.
Retailers, leisure and hospitality firms have not had to pay rates for the current financial year after the Government launched a rates holiday at the onset of the pandemic.
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