Tax Policy Center

Amazon

Business Taxes: TaxVox
When it comes to corporate taxes, what’s “fair?” Do taxpayers have a sense of what major corporations pay in taxes? And when corporations pay income taxes, do we understand who ultimately bears that tax burden?
March 4, 2020Renu Zaretsky
State and Local Issues: TaxVox
The California Legislature has moved to prohibit local governments from offering certain sales tax incentives to promote economic development and attract businesses, such as e-commerce...
September 30, 2019Megan Randall
State and Local Issues: TaxVox
Amazon’s decision to build big new facilities in New York City and Northern Virginia prompted a predictable outcry about the reported $2 billion plus in...
November 20, 2018Tracy Gordon
: TaxVox
Now that Amazon has finally chosen Long Island City, NY and Arlington, Virginia as co-winners in its second headquarters sweepstakes, it’s a good time to...
November 16, 2018Donnie CharlestonMegan Randall
Campaigns, Proposals, and Reforms: TaxVox
Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) just introduced the ‘‘ Stop Bad Employers by Zeroing Out Subsidies Act ’’ (or Stop-BEZOS) that would punish...
September 7, 2018Leonard E. Burman
State and Local Issues: TaxVox
Seattle is currently having a contentious debate over a proposed "head tax" to fund more affordable housing and services for its large and growing homeless...
May 11, 2018Steven M. RosenthalRichard C. Auxier
State and Local Issues: TaxVox
Cities and counties all over the US have been offering Amazon billions of dollars in tax cuts to lure...
May 9, 2018Howard Gleckman
State and Local Issues: TaxVox
My home state of Maryland has agreed to give Amazon as much as $5.6 billion in state tax breaks, nearly $1 billion in local tax...
April 18, 2018Howard Gleckman
State and Local Issues: TaxVox
It appears that Congress is about to miss its last real opportunity to address the online sales tax problem before the Supreme Court rules on...
March 21, 2018Howard Gleckman
State and Local Issues: TaxVox
Should Online Platforms Collect Sales Tax For Third-Party Sellers? Yesterday morning (at 3:12 AM) President Trump Tweeted this: "Amazon is doing great damage to tax...
August 17, 2017Howard Gleckman