From Seattle to Luxembourg: how tax schemes shaped Amazon

The retail giant’s critics say contrived financial arrangements are at the heart of its successWhen Jeff Bezos was looking for a home for his fledgling online bookseller, amazon.com, in 1994, his first choice is said to have been a Native American reservation. The location would have presented generous tax breaks if the state of California had not intervened and halted the plan.Next stop was Seattle, which Bezos said he selected because Washington state had – among other things &ndas