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Amazon pays just $2.2M in tax in UK despite surge in profits
LONDON -- Amazon is facing criticism after its British tax bill fell despite a big jump in sales and profits.
Records show Amazon U.K. Services Ltd. faced a 2017 tax bill of 4.6 million pounds ($6 million) but paid 1.7 million pounds ($2.2 million), deferring the rest.
Its pre-tax profits for the period were 72.4 million pounds, almost triple the previous year's 24.3 million pounds. Revenue was 1.99 billion pounds, up from 1.46 billion pounds.
The tax-payment decrease was partly due to shares payments to staff, which were counted as a cost and deducted from profits.
Read more: https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/business/article216033370.html
