Big name celebrities such as Ed Sheeran and Harry Potter author JK Rowling are among some of the highest tax contributors in 2023, a new ranking chart has shown.
The Sunday Times shone a spotlight on the top tax payers last year, judged to have added a whopping £5.35bn to public finances in the last tax year. The list names JK Rowling, singer and songwriter Ed Sheeran and the owner of pub chain JD Wetherspoon, Sir Tim Martin.
More than a quarter of the entries were London-based, with another eight from south-east England. Thirteen came from the Midlands, 11 from south-west England and 10 from Scotland – where the top rate of tax will increase from 47% to 48% from April.
Author JK Rowling ranks 31st on the list, having paid £40m in UK taxes in the past 12 months. In at 32nd is Ed Sheeran who paid more than £36m in UK tax.
Wetherspoon boss, Sir Tim Marin, was a vocal supporter of Brexit during the 2016 European Union referendum and backed Boris Johnson in the 2019 Conservative leadership contest.
The pub-chain boss has ranked 5th on the list, having paid £167.1m in taxes.
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