Amazon Wins $270 Million Tax Fight in Blow to EU’s Vestager

Amazon Wins $270 Million Tax Fight in Blow to EU’s Vestager
The logo of Amazon at the Amazon Fulfillment Center during a media tour ahead of the holiday season in Tepotztlan, Mexico, on Dec. 13, 2023. Gustavo Graf/Reuters
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BRUSSELS—Amazon does not have to pay 250 million euros ($273 million) in back taxes to Luxembourg, Europe’s top court ruled on Thursday, marking a defeat for EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager’s crackdown on sweetheart tax deals for multinationals.

“The Court of Justice confirms that the (European) Commission has not established that the tax ruling given to Amazon by Luxembourg was state aid that was incompatible with the (EU’s) internal market,” the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) said.