- Milan prosecutors have proposed a trial against Amazon EU and four managers for alleged tax evasion between 2019 and 2021.
- Amazon is accused of allowing non-EU merchants, mainly from China, to avoid paying hundreds of millions of euros in Italian taxes by not verifying their tax IDs.
- Under EU law, Amazon is jointly responsible for collecting and remitting VAT for non-EU sellers if the sellers do not do so.
- Amazon settled the civil dispute with the Italian Revenue Agency for EUR 527 million, but criminal proceedings for tax evasion are still ongoing.
- The case may involve tax authorities from other EU countries, and Amazon has not commented on the situation.
Source: 1stopvat.com
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