Total Tax Contribution: PricewaterhouseCoopers 2009 survey for The Hundred Group
Interview with Ashley Almanza, Chairman, The Hundred Group
PricewaterhouseCoopers Total Tax Contribution team launched its annual survey for The Hundred Group on Tuesday 2 March 2010. The survey looks at tax payments in members' accounting years ended in the year to 31 March 2009, so for many this means the calendar year to 31 December 2008.
This latest survey is the fifth in a series which gather trend data for The Hundred Group about the Group's total tax contribution to the UK economy. The time that this data was collected marks a particularly turbulent episode for the UK economy. Northern Rock was taken into government hands in February 2008; and Lehman Brothers collapsed in September 2008, precipitating the financial crisis and a government rescue plan for the banks.
In this video, Susan Symons, leader of PwC's Total Tax Contribution team, talks to Ashley Almanza, Chairman of The Hundred Group to find discuss:
- the objectives of the survey;
- how the findings are used by the Group;
- how the trend data can inform the dialogue between business and government;
- the employment tax concerns of the Group; and
- Ashley's ambitions for the 2010 survey.
