Amazon celebrates last year of barely paying British taxes by barely paying British taxes
Amazon UK recorded £5.3bn in sales last year—a 14% increase in revenue compared to 2013—but paid only £11.9m in taxes (or “tax” as it is known in the UK). In 2012, Amazon… 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 »
Amazon invades New York, gets millions in tax breaks
As you might have heard, Amazon is opening up shop in New York City, with an office/warehouse (where customers can pick up purchases made online) at a space across the… Read more »
Leaked documents reveal the extent of Amazon’s tax evasion in Luxembourg
Luxembourg (unofficial motto: “The Delaware of Europe”) is in the spotlight yet again. In a previous MobyLives piece, we discussed the European Commission’s ongoing probe into Amazon’s tax payments, or lack… Read more »
Amazon is having problems in India because it doesn’t want to pay taxes
Earlier this summer, Amazon announced that it would be investing $2 billion to expand its operations in India—that announcement unsurprisingly came hours after FlipKart, widely considered to be the “Indian… Read more »
Amazon sticks tongue out at French government, will charge one cent for shipping
Just a couple weeks ago, the French Parliament passed a law making the combination of a 5% discount and free shipping illegal. The legislation was an attempt to stifle Amazon’s… Read more »
Amazon UK’s top executive: “When it comes to paying taxes, don’t hate the player. Hate the game.”
Amazon does not like to pay taxes. Anywhere. And for good reason, too—if recent studies are to be believed, collecting sales tax affects the company’s sales. In 1966, George Harrison sang… Read more »