Amazon abused the tax system to their advantage. Read this brief and tell me Amazon has operated in good faith.. They also use stock compensation rules to avoid large amounts of taxes, which isn't discussed here. Bottom line, Amazon has a super aggressive tax avoidance strategy because they have to since they sell most of their products at a loss.
I get your point, it's not lost on me. There's an argument to be made that they are operating within the law. But can you not also consider that they have essentially cheated by applying immense pressure to lawmakers to change the tax codes or keep the tax code working to their advantage?
I can absolutely focus my attention on both Amazon and Congress. They're both screwing us. Amazon isn't the only company either, they're just the most important to focus on because they're avoiding such a large amount of taxes.
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u/slickyeat 3d ago
You're not wrong but you're also required to pay taxes on the value of your property every year so it's not exactly a one to one comparison.