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Amazon appeals against Luxembourg state aid decision

Details of the appeal brought by Amazon on 22 May 2018 against the European Commission’s conclusion that the company received illegal state aid under a tax ruling in Luxembourg have been published on the Court of Justice’s Curia website.

Details of the appeal brought by Amazon on 22 May 2018 against the European Commission’s conclusion that the company received illegal state aid under a tax ruling in Luxembourg have been published on the Court of Justice’s Curia website.

The Commission released its decision in October 2017 that Amazon had received illegal tax benefits worth around €250m from Luxembourg over an eight-year period between 2003 and 2011. According to the Commission this ruling ‘enabled Amazon to avoid taxation on almost three quarters of the profits it made from all Amazon sales in the EU’.

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