STRUGGLING Scots businesses now owe the taxman a staggering £155million in overdue payments.
And to stop more of them going under tax chiefs are now being forced into bailing out the 8,000 or so Scots firms affected by handing them a credit crunch lifeline of more time to settle.
Glasgow companies top the tax debt league of debt, with almost 1,000 dragging their heels on tax payments totalling £26million, according to new figures released yesterday (Tuesday).
Many say they would have been forced to sack workers or go bust without the megabucks rescue.
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