The industry’s total tax bill comes in at £7.3 billion or £140,000 per pub-£800m more than the gambling and betting sector.
Oxford Economics, who carried out the report for the British Beer and Pub Association, found that the pub industry has a tax burden larger than many of the other sectors, with VAT excise duty and business rates the main burdens.
BBPA chief executive Brigid Simmonds said: ““This new report sets out the stark reality of the disproportionate tax burden bearing down on pubs. Without action to reduce this burden, more of our much loved community pubs will be under threat. The Chancellor has taken action on beer duty, and to relieve the burden of business rates on pubs in his previous two Autumn Statements, but there is no doubt that more relief and reform is needed."
Industry bodies have joined forces to demand a fairer deal for pubs on business rates in this week’s Autumn Statement, writing a joint letter to Chancellor George Osborne.
The BBPA, Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers, Campaign for Real Ale and others are asking Osborne to freeze the business rate multiplier, extend Small Business Rates Relief and apply Retail Relief- a scheme that provides a discount for pubs with a rateable value of £50,000 or less.
Research from the BPPA earlier this year revealed pubs are paying £500m more than their fair share in business rates, paying 2.8% of the UK’s total business rates bill but accounting for 0.5% of turnover.