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Amazon had been a winner of super-deduction tax break

2024-09-29 11:12:12 | Reading - business
Should this article be classified into business or politics? It's about the change of the corporate tax policy.

Amazon UK pays corporation tax for first time since 2020
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/26/amazon-uk-pays-corporation-tax-for-first-time-since-2020
[quote]Amazon’s main UK division has paid corporation tax for the first time since 2020 after the end of a “super-deduction” tax break introduced by Rishi Sunak.[unquote]

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rein in [Collins]To rein in something means to control it.
[quote]Analysts said the corporation tax payment was likely to have been prompted by lower capital spending by Amazon, as it has reined in warehouse expansion[quote]

tax break (US) = tax concession = tax incentive
offset [quote]Fewer government tax breaks and lower historical losses to offset against tax had also increased the bill, they said.
surmise [Collins]If you surmise that something is true, you guess it from the available evidence, although you do not know for certain.
sizeable [Collins]Sizeable means fairly large.
chunk [Collins]A chunk of something is a large amount or large part of it.
shunt [Collins]If a person or thing is shunted somewhere, they are moved or sent there, usually because someone finds them inconvenient.
GMB - general trade union

I don't like online shopping, because it's time consuming. Especially Amazon, because of its greedy way of management.
I don't like Furusato Nozei for the same reason, but I should be refunded some from government.
I pay tax too much to my local government and Japan. They are greedy, too. They should collect tax from Amazon, not me!

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