Amazon has finally decided to start paying sales taxes in Europe

Corporations trying to avoid taxes is nothing new, in fact, you’d be hard-pressed to find a multi-billion dollar company that doesn’t have a few tax avoidance schemes going. When operating in Europe, funneling revenue through Luxembourg is a popular way for companies like Amazon to avoid paying higher taxes elsewhere in the continent, but a recent crack down by the European Commission on such schemes is making things difficult. In response to the investigations into its tax practices, Amazon has decided to finally start paying real sales taxes in a handful of European countries.