Paying their way: which UK retailer is 'fairest' on tax?

Fair Tax, set up by Tax Research UK director Richard Murphy, assessed the firms against three metrics - financial reporting, their UK tax rates (and how much is paid on their UK profits) and whether they use tax havens - and gave each a ‘Fair Tax Mark'. Carphone Warehouse Group, Home Retail Group, J Sainsbury and WH Smith all received a total of two marks out of a possible 15, with the latter marked down for failing to provide a geographical breakdown of its data, despite operating in eight countries. Other companies to receive low scores included Tesco (4), John Lewis Partnership (5)...