"Figure 2: Percentage of Value Added Tax (VAT) and/or Pay-As-You-Earn based businesses by year","" "UK, 2012 to 2017","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "","Sole Proprietors and Partnerships","Companies and Public Corporations" "2012","35.8","60.2" "2013","33.8","62.3" "2014","32.0","64.2" "2015","29.5","66.8" "2016","27.4","68.8" "2017","25.6","70.7"