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Article: Taxing times for Yorkshire.
- Article from:
- The Star (Sheffield) (Sheffield, England)
- Article date:
- September 12, 2007
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The top 150 companies in Yorkshire are paying a higher overall tax charge than their nearest business rivals across the Pennines, according to the findings of a report from leading accountants and business advisers BDO Stoy Hayward. The overall effective tax charge for Yorkshire in 2006 was 34.9 per cent, compared to 23.9 per cent in the North West.
Ian Beaumont, Yorkshire managing partner with BDO Stoy Hayward, said: "Companies in Yorkshire are paying a higher tax charge than North West businesses but the positive news from this is the 34.9 per cent overall effective tax charge is actually a reduction on the previous year. One of the contributing factors to this ...