Amazon has stopped exploiting loopholes, started paying increased taxes in the U.K., Germany, Italy, and Spain
Last year, we reported on Amazon UK’s Christopher North, who defended—with great vigor—his employer’s decision to funnel its sales through Luxembourg—and thus avoid paying anything close to the tax rate… Read more »
Grace period is over, Illinois’s collecting taxes on Amazon purchases
Sure, there’s a giant blizzard on the East Coast today, blah, blah, blah. But in much more exciting news, guess what’s hitting the Midwest next week? More sales tax! Amazon… Read more »
French lawmakers halt Amazon’s free deliveries
Yesterday, in what France 24 described as a “rare show of unity,” French lawmakers from both the Socialist Party and the conservative Union for a Popular Movement passed a law which… Read more »
Amazon made €6.8bn in Germany last year, paid €3m in tax
We already knew that Amazon really, really hates paying taxes in the U.S. and the U.K.. Late last week, it came out that it’s also maybe not so interested in paying… Read more »
U.S. blocks plan to close tax loopholes exploited by companies like Amazon, Apple, and Google
Last week, there was hope that a series of tax loopholes exploited by multinational companies like Amazon, Apple, and Google would be closed. Reuters reported on a “preliminary draft” of a… Read more »