&quot;It means Facebook&#x27;s UK corporation tax bill was less than the tax the average UK employee paid on their salary.&quot;<p>&quot;The average UK salary is £26,500 on which employees pay a total of £5,392.80 in income tax and national insurance contributions.&quot;<p>Corporation tax and personal tax are not the same thing so I don&#x27;t see how they can be compared.  In fact, in terms of taxes paid to HMRC, they would have <i>been</i> paid more tax overall.<p>However, considering they made a pre-tax loss, they should have probably reviewed those payouts of which I assume was shared amongst those on top.