Share This On Social

US President Donald Trump accused Amazon for its business model, which hurts the tax paying retailers. According to the US President, Amazon avoid paying taxes in USA, using tax evasions and pressing the other business.

“Amazon is doing great damage to tax paying retailers. Towns, cities and states throughout the U.S. are being hurt – many jobs being lost!”, wrote Donald Trump in his profile in social media Twitter.

Earlier, Trump many time criticized Amazon and the Washington Post newspaper, owned by Amazon creator Jeff Bezos, about how it reflects the news. In June, the US president released a Twitter message attacking AmazonWashingtonPost. In December 2015, Trump described the Washington Post, as a tax haven that Jeff Bezos used to keep Amazon’s taxes low. According to him, without these reservations, Amazon’s shares “would fall apart as a paper bag”.

Bezos actually owns the Washington Post through a holding company that is separate from Amazon.

Amazon is fighting battles with a number of US and European politicians about their attitude to taxation. In the past, the US has struggled to collect sales taxes only in states where there is no physical presence. Today, the company has many distribution centers and collects sales taxes in any state where it has a center.

The US giant is also campaigning with the European Union on tax legislation and in March won a 1.5 billion USD tax dispute with the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

