The decision undercuts efforts by the European Union to force big tech firms to pay more in taxes.
Amazon on Wednesday won an appeal against European Union efforts to force the company to pay more in taxes in the region, illustrating how American tech giants are turning to the courts to beat back tougher oversight. The General Court of the European Union struck down a 2017 decision by European regulators that ordered Amazon to pay $300 million to Luxembourg, home of the company’s European headquarters and where regulators said the company received unfair tax treatment. The court said regulators did not sufficiently prove that Amazon had violated a law meant to prevent companies from receiving special tax benefits from European governments.
