But those are shares. They have no monetary value until you try to draw a dividend or sell them, at which point you have to pay tax again.<p>The pre-tax loss is for the UK operation, not the global entity as a whole.<p>It seems that the real question is not about what Facebook UK&#x27;s corporation tax bill should be but how we want to deal with global corporations as a whole and how we want to benefit from that relationship.<p>My gut feeling is that if you are dealing with the tiny arm of a very successful US company, you are not in much of a position to negotiate.