HMRC outlay on Amazon over six times what firm paid in corporation tax – GMB

UK tax authority spent 11m to use online giant's web-hosting services in 2018, says report

HM Revenue & Customs spent 11m to use Amazon's web-hosting service last year, more than six times the 1.7m it received in corporation tax from Amazon's main UK business, according to a new report.

The UK tax authority was the second-biggest spender on Amazon services among central government departments, falling just behind the Home Office which spent nearly 16m last year, according to a report published by the GMB trade union.