Amazon wins court battle against European Commission order to pay $300 M to Luxembourg - JURIST - News
May 13, 2021 11:59:39 am The EU’s General Court on Wednesday annulled a European Commission decision from 2017, in which the Commission had found that a tax deal between the Luxembourg government and multinational tech company Amazon amounted to “illegal state aid.” In 2017, Amazon was ordered by the European Commission, the EU’s politically independent executive arm, to pay approximately €250 million (USD $303 million) in back taxes to Luxembourg. The original decision was made in order to tackle corporate tax avoidance related to Luxembourg’s tax treatment of two companies in th...