Amazon Will Pay $0 in Federal Taxes on $11.2 Billion Profits (fortune.com)

Posted by msmash on Friday February 15, 2019 @06:15AM from the how-about-that dept.

Those wondering how many zeros Amazon, which is valued at nearly $800 billion, has to pay in federal taxes might be surprised to learn that its check to the IRS will read exactly $0.00. From a report: According to a report published by the Institute on Taxation and Economic (ITEP) policy Wednesday, the e-tail/retail/tech/entertainment/everything giant won't have to pay a cent in federal taxes for the second year in a row. This tax-free break comes even though Amazon almost doubled its U.S. profits from $5.6 billion to $11.2 billion between 2017 and 2018. To top it off, Amazon actually reported a $129 million 2018 federal income tax rebate -- making its tax rate -1%.

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Re: ridiculous by Anonymous Coward · 2019-02-15 08:15 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Meanwhile people from higher tax states subsidize your shithole after all y'all [sic] waste 20% of your incomes on woo-woo sky fairy worshippers. All tax deductible, of course.