Google made £1.6 billion in revenue in the UK past year

The average Google employee earned £234,000 last year as the company’s share price climbed, but it paid only £44 million in corporation tax.

MPs and tax campaigners criticised the figures, arguing that Google were “writing their own rules”.

The tax fell from the £66 million paid in 2018, after Google UK reported a fall in profits due to the hiring of 800 extra workers. The company still made £1.6 billion in revenue last year, up from £1.2 billion in 2018, leading to generous payouts for its 4,439 employees.

Dame Margaret Hodge, a former chairwoman of the public accounts committee, told Mail Online: “It’s a joke and shows that they are not paying a fair rate.”

The average pay packet before bonuses of £234,000 was £8,000