Amazon handed £1m UK tax credit as profits surge 60% to £204m
by Sarah Butler and Mark Sweney from Technology | The Guardian on (#61K8F)
Tax benefit was part of 850m in tax credits provided to online retailer by governments across Europe
Amazon's core UK division was handed a tax credit of just over 1m last year by HM Revenue and Customs despite the online retailer's profits soaring by almost 60% to 204m.
The tax benefit was part of 1bn (850m) in tax credits provided to Amazon by governments across Europe, up from 56m a year before, according to accounts filed for the US company's Luxembourg-based division.
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