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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
Aren't there HM Revenue corporate income tax officials one can contact to ask about those gray areas? And do you think Amazon managers cared enough about not being seen as ugly Americans to do so?
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Do you really think Amazon is the only company doing this? I have news for you, Steve, they are not. So why should they inquire about something that other companies do? To Amazon, it is not a gray area. To those inquiring about it, it is.
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Suppose I was visiting Britain and was unsure of the museum fee. It has happened. Should I just pay the lower amount and hope they won't care? I say no. As a guest in a (slightly) foreign country, I ask.
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Your analogies are quite a stretch, but I'll entertain you on this one anyway. In the case of Amazon, there was no question about the tax situation. They knew the laws and acted according to them. They were not unsure of the "fees" the way you are about the museum fees in your analogy.
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I suppose the Amazon approach would be to tell the British clerk that, despite what's in front of your eyes, I'm really in Luxembourg, and thus should pay nothing 
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But Amazon IS really in Luxemburg. That's where their European headquarters are.
--Pat