Italian authorities believe Amazon deducts amounts "with a lot of zeros" in tax captivity
Amazon's online retailer is suspected of tax evasion. The investigation in this direction is the prosecutor's office of Milan. The Internet company allegedly did not provide the necessary tax returns to the Italian authorities.
The audit was carried out by the Financial Guard of Italy. The inspectors formed a list of suspects, which included the heads of legal departments of the European branches of Amazon.
According to the Italian newspaper la Repubblica, the report of the Financial Guard was the basis for the investigation. We are talking about “tax fraud, which can be a sum with a large number of zeros,” but the exact amount has not yet been determined.
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January 28, it became known that the Italian authorities demanded that Google pay compensation for tax evasion. They estimated the damage at $ 218 million.
Last year, Italian regulators filed a similar charge against Apple . The corporation was accused of concealing the real income received from sales in the Apennines. December 30, 2015 it became known that Apple paid the Italian treasury 318 million euros in compensation.
On January 27 in Paris, the governments of 31 countries signed an agreement aimed at increasing the transparency of corporate taxes in Europe. Westager hopes that this will end the practice of corporations using different tax zones for tax evasion.
“I hope that in the end we will find ourselves in a situation where companies will pay taxes in the countries where they earn money,” said European Commissioner for Competition Margret Vestager.
Amazon is one of the world's largest online retailers. In addition to the United States, the company operates in Canada, China, Brazil, Japan and European countries.
The audit was carried out by the Financial Guard of Italy. The inspectors formed a list of suspects, which included the heads of legal departments of the European branches of Amazon.
According to the Italian newspaper la Repubblica, the report of the Financial Guard was the basis for the investigation. We are talking about “tax fraud, which can be a sum with a large number of zeros,” but the exact amount has not yet been determined.
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January 28, it became known that the Italian authorities demanded that Google pay compensation for tax evasion. They estimated the damage at $ 218 million.
Last year, Italian regulators filed a similar charge against Apple . The corporation was accused of concealing the real income received from sales in the Apennines. December 30, 2015 it became known that Apple paid the Italian treasury 318 million euros in compensation.
On January 27 in Paris, the governments of 31 countries signed an agreement aimed at increasing the transparency of corporate taxes in Europe. Westager hopes that this will end the practice of corporations using different tax zones for tax evasion.
“I hope that in the end we will find ourselves in a situation where companies will pay taxes in the countries where they earn money,” said European Commissioner for Competition Margret Vestager.
Amazon is one of the world's largest online retailers. In addition to the United States, the company operates in Canada, China, Brazil, Japan and European countries.
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