Bet365 founder Denise Coates was the country’s largest taxpayer for the second year running, new figures show.
The betting website’s joint chief executive and her family, who are worth £7.166 billion, had a tax liability of £573 million last year, according to the annual Sunday Times Tax List.
Fred and Peter Done, the brothers behind bookmakers Betfred, came in third with a tax bill of £191.3 million, while inventor Sir James Dyson sat in sixth place having paid £115 million.
Ed Sheeran is a new entry to the UK top 50 taxpayer list (Ian West/PA)
Vacuum cleaner mogul Sir James, who topped the 2020 rich list with his £16.2 billion fortune, contributed £12 million more in tax than the year before.
Bet365 founder Denise Coates was the country’s largest taxpayer for the second year running, new figures show.
The betting website’s joint chief executive and her family, who are worth £7.166 billion, had a tax liability of £573 million last year, according to the annual Sunday Times Tax List.
Fred and Peter Done, the brothers behind bookmakers Betfred, came in third with a tax bill of £191.3 million, while inventor Sir James Dyson sat in sixth place having paid £115 million.
Ed Sheeran is a new entry to the UK top 50 taxpayer list (Ian West/PA)
Vacuum cleaner mogul Sir James, who topped the 2020 rich list with his £16.2 billion fortune, contributed £12 million more in tax than the year before.
The Bet365 founder and her family, who are worth £7.166bn, stumped up an eye-watering £573million tax bill.
Glenn Gordon, whose distillery empire has netted his family a £3.186bn fortune, came in second with tax liabilities of £436.4million.
Sir James Dyson also featured on the Sunday Times Tax List 2021 in sixth place after pouring £115million into the Treasury coffers - £12million more than the year before.
The Brexiteer vacuum tycoon, who topped the 2020 rich list with his £16.2billion fortune, announced he was relocating Dyson s head office to Singapore in 2019.
Celebrities including JK Rowling and Ed Sheeran were also ranked in the top 50 taxpayers, who on average paid less than the year before.
Bet365 founder Denise Coates was the country’s largest taxpayer for the second year running, new figures show.
The betting website’s joint chief executive and her family, who are worth £7.166 billion, had a tax liability of £573 million last year, according to the annual Sunday Times Tax List.
Fred and Peter Done, the brothers behind bookmakers Betfred, came in third with a tax bill of £191.3 million, while inventor Sir James Dyson sat in sixth place having paid £115 million.
Ed Sheeran is a new entry to the UK top 50 taxpayer list (Ian West/PA)
Vacuum cleaner mogul Sir James, who topped the 2020 rich list with his £16.2 billion fortune, contributed £12 million more in tax than the year before.