Companies that have come under fire over low tax contributions

Google is not the only big firm accused of not paying its fair share in taxes in the UK.

  • Facebook

Facebook Credit: PA

The social media giant paid only £4,327 in corporation tax in 2014.

Accounts show the company paid £35 million in staff bonuses, thereby making a loss of £28.5 million in Britain and enabling it to pay less than £35 million in tax.

  • Starbucks

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The coffee chain, which runs 843 UK stores, sparked a public outcry after it was disclosed it had only paid £8.6 million in corporation tax in 14 years.

Last year the company paid £8 million tax after its profits jumped to £34.2 million.

  • Amazon

Amazon Credit: PA

In 2014 the UK arm of the business paid just £11.9 million in tax - despite taking £5.3 billion in sales from British shoppers.

  • Vodafone

Vodafone Credit: PA

The mobile phone provider didn't pay any UK corporation tax in 2012 and 2013, despite earning more than £5 billion of revenue in Britain.

  • Apple

Apple Credit: Reuters

The US-based technology firm paid £11.8 million UK tax on £1.9 billion profit in 2014 - an estimated £400 million less than it should have.

  • eBay

eBay Credit: PA

In 2013 the auction site paid £620,000 in UK tax on sales it declared were £164 million.

However, its US parent company announced UK sales were £1.3 billion - which would have meant a £71 million tax bill.