mps back online sales taxe for giants like amazon to help revive uk high streets -- the commons levellingup select committee backs plans for an onilne sales taxe which would make buying things online more expensive after bricksandmortat shops were hit hard by the pandemic -- hitting web firms like amazon with an online sales taxe would help revive britaine s high streets in the aftermath of the coronavirus -- the government will launch a consultation on its plan for an online sales taxe a move backed in the committeee s page report ‘supporting our high streets after covide published on friday -- the playing field between bricksandmortar and online retail” sunak ʼbetrayed uk high streetʼ as budget fails to reform rates or taxe web giants iceland supermarket boss calls for digital taxe on online giants to save high street it adds “we support the principle of an online sales taxe and welcome the consultation “we particularly welcome that revenue from an online sales taxe would used to reduce business rates for retailers -- “since the future of retail is multichannel due to changing consumer habits it is particularly important that an online sales taxe does not penalise retailers that have both an online and bricksandmortar