A TAX deal between Amazon and Luxembourg may be illegal and constitute “state aid”, the European Union’s executive has ruled. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get ...

Online retail giant Amazon is facing a bill of around £221 million (250 million euros) in back taxes after the European Commission said the firm’s sweetheart tax deal with Luxembourg broke state aid ...

EU judges on Wednesday will decide whether Amazon received €250 million in illegal tax benefits in Luxembourg. The high-profile case is part of EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager's efforts to ...

Europe is taking it to the tech giants of late with Amazon now accused of benefitting from illegal tax benefits in Luxembourg. After a three-year investigation, the European Commission (EC) has ruled ...

On Friday 21 November 2025, Luxembourg trade union ALEBA released a statement in which it said it is “dismayed” by... }} ...

Amazon and Luxembourg struck a sweetheart tax deal allowing the online retailer to cap its taxable profits at just 0.55% of its European turnover, according to charges published by the European ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert W. Wood is a tax lawyer focusing on taxes and litigation. Amazon made its bones avoiding taxes, and its tax history could ...

FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2013 file photo, the internet trader Amazon logo is seen behind barbed wire at the company's logistic center in Rheinberg, Germany. A European Union court annulled Wednesday, ...