Tesco chief calls for 'Amazon tax' on goods sold online

Lethal cocktail of pressures in retail means 2% charge should be imposed – Dave LewisTesco’s chief executive, Dave Lewis, has called for the introduction of an “Amazon tax” on online sales to prevent more high street chains from going to the wall.The boss of the UK’s largest retailer said the chancellor, Philip Hammond, should impose a 2% charge on goods sold online and said the failure to tax digital firms properly was now an “industry” issue. Continue