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 »
British booksellers call on government to follow France in fight against Amazon
British booksellers and industry spokespeople are calling on the government to stand up for them and offer the same level of support that the French government promised to their own… Read more »
Amazon hopes new London office will distract British from the fact that it doesn’t pay taxes
Amazon, a company that received more money from the UK government than it paid in tax, announced yesterday that they will be opening a 210,000 square foot office in London later… Read more »
‘Just a joke’: Amazon gets more money from UK government grants than it pays in tax
In the continuing saga of Amazon’s tax dodging (see here and here for just a couple of our reports on this), it was revealed this week that the company’s UK operation made £4.2bn in sales… Read more »