Amazon wins a tax dispute with European Commission and ‎avoids paying $272 million

The European Union’s highest court has ruled in favor of the American e-commerce and technology company Amazon in a legal dispute with the European Commission over a $272 million tax claim, raising doubts about the campaign being launched by the Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, against countries. Members that grant some companies special tax treatment

The European Court of Justice confirmed that the Commission failed to prove that a tax agreement between Amazon and the government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg was government support that contradicts the rules of the internal market of the European Union.

European Union Competition and Antitrust Commissioner Margrethe Vestager imposed a record fine of 13 billion euros on the American electronics and technology company Apple, in a case that is currently going through its final stage before the highest court in the European Union. While one of the court’s advisors said last month that the judges would overturn the previous judicial ruling issued in favor of Apple

Vestager explained after the European Court of Justice issued a ruling in favor of Amazon today, “The court has greatly reduced what we can do to ensure that companies pay their fair share of taxes… We still have to do some things to ensure tax justice, despite everything we have done during the ten last years.”