Amazon generated over $18 billion in sales in the 28-country E.U. last year, and channeled them primarily through a Luxembourg-based subsidiary, Amazon E.U. S.a.r.l. That has riled other countries such as France and the U.K., who feel they are missing out on much-needed tax revenue. Amazon paid only 4.2 million pounds ($7 million) of tax in the U.K. on 4.3 billion pounds of revenue from U.K.-based customers last year.
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