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Old 07-01-2013, 01:16 AM   #122
MattW
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Originally Posted by PatNY View Post
So at least as pertains to the main issues in this thread -- Amazon in Europe -- you are dead wrong on your insistence they are the ones who created the rules.

And even if you want to consider Amazon only in the context of the U.S., it is a relatively new company. Its success and lobbying clout is recent, so any influence it had on current domestic laws pertaining to the taxation of U.S. corporations is probably negligible or minor. Those laws existed before Amazon was born.

--Pat
"Dead wrong" is a bit harsh. As you would have seen had you read my posts, I replied to something very specific HarryT had said, namely that we can't possibly blame Amazon for doing what every taxpayer does -- minimizing taxes.

By that point, the discussion had moved away from France into much more general territory. I believe that becomes abundantly clear, when read in context. And even so, when I referenced France, I tried make exactly your point: that the French government has chosen this clumsy way to deal with a situation that is basically outside their control (EU tax laws).

And these (the EU laws) do get shaped by the likes of Amazon, the same as in the US.

Matt
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