Ocado and Morrisons 衝突／不一致 over 議論の的になる 提案s for online 物品税

By Neil Craven, 財政上の Mail on Sunday

Updated: 22:05 BST, 27 July 2013

対立: Ocado's Tim Steiner and other online 小売 bosses have pleaded with the （ドイツなどの）首相／（大学の）学長 to ignore supermarket calls for an internet 税金

The bosses of Ocado and Morrisons are 直面するing their first 争い this 週末 over 議論の的になる 提案s for an online 物品税.

Last week, Morrisons 完全にするd a £216?million 取引，協定 for Ocado to 供給する an online shopping service in a 取引，協定 広範囲にわたって seen as a 批判的な step 今後 for both retailers.

But the 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のあるs have quickly 設立する themselves on …に反対するing 味方するs of the online 税金 審議.

Morrisons boss Dalton Philips has called for a 税金 on online retailers to create a level playing field with high street 蓄える／店s, （人命などを）奪う，主張するing it was a ‘moral’ 問題／発行する. But Tim Steiner, Ocado’s co-創立者 and 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある told The Mail on Sunday that the idea was ‘foolish’.

Last week, Steiner and other online 小売 bosses pleaded with the （ドイツなどの）首相／（大学の）学長 to ignore supermarket calls for an internet 税金.

‘I don’t have to 株 the same 見解（をとる）s on 税金 or politics with Dalton. He 明白に believes one thing. I believe another,’ Steiner said.

‘There is 明確に a 審議 to be had in 政府 over large 多国籍のs and the 量 of 税金 they 支払う／賃金. But it is not an online-offline 審議.’

He explained: ‘アマゾン has been used as an example of an online retailer that should 支払う／賃金 more 税金 but Starbucks has also been talked about and it 占領するs hundreds of 蓄える／店s in the UK.

‘The argument is 存在 incorrectly used to penalise a growth 部門. Why online?? Why not big, out-of-town 蓄える／店s? The supermarkets have taken sales away from the high street and nobody 示唆するs they should be 税金d for it. I don’t either.’