Amazon's annual tax bill fell 87% YoY to $1.2B in 2025, as profits grew 45% to ~$90B, mostly due to GOP's depreciation breaks in the One Big Beautiful Bill
The 87 percent drop is largely due to a more generous depreciation break in the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act.’
Because they reinvest a tremendous amount of money in building new things in America. All of these headlines about how “little” corporations pay in taxes are just about reinvestment in new capital and R&D. Do we not want those things?
In related news about the Washington Post and the state of journalism today, Amazon “ran a $1.2 billion tax bill last year, down from $9 billion the previous year, even as its profits jumped by 45% to nearly $90 billion.” — That's in the wake of the 2025 tax bill — www.politi…
“.. The company did not pay the corporate alternative minimum tax, and has never reported paying the levy, though Democrats created it in hopes of forcing companies like Amazon to pay more.” — @politico.com $AMZN — www.politico.com/news/2026/02... [image]
Republicans' tax cuts shaved billions off Amazon's tax bill, new government filings show. — That's largely because of the generous new depreciation breaks GOP lawmakers included in their One Big Beautiful Bill. — www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Three numbers every American should know today. — Bezos paid Trump $40 million for the ‘Melania’ documentary. — Now, Bezos saves $8 billion because of Trump's corporate tax cuts. — While 17 million Americans lose health care. — Corruption, plain and simple.