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Why Microsoft is backing a major tax hike on itself … and Amazon
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at Microsoft Envision in New Orleans in 2016. (Kevin Lisota / GeekWire) Microsoft is making…
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Tax hike on Amazon and Microsoft to fund higher ed in Washington state passes legislature
Microsoft President Brad Smith speaks at the University of Washington. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Update May 21: Gov. Jay…
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Amazon passes French digital tax on to sellers as Trump admin investigates toll on tech industry
Amazon’s Seattle HQ. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Amazon is raising the fees it charges third-party sellers in France by…
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Bill Gates rings in 2020 with a call for higher taxes on the rich to help address wealth gap
Bill Gates says he’s been pushing for a fairer tax system for years. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota) Bill Gates…
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Does Amazon pay enough in taxes? Source says local tax bill was $297M last year
Protestors carried signs that read ‘Tax Amazon’ on the company’s campus during the 2018 head tax fight. (GeekWire Photo /…
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Amazon reveals new details about its federal tax bill in shot across the bow at critics
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. (GeekWire File Photo) Amazon disclosed new details about its U.S. taxes for 2019 in public financial…
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Officials in Seattle and Washington state clash over business tax to address homelessness crisis
Seattle City Council Kshama Sawant in her office at City Hall. (GeekWire Photo / Monica Nickelsburg) Officials in Seattle and…
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Elizabeth Warren takes aim at Amazon’s taxes again during speech at Seattle rally
Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks at a rally in Seattle on Feb. 22. (Photo courtesy of Jake Goldstein-Street) Sen. Elizabeth Warren…
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‘Tax Amazon’ protest draws 400 to company’s HQ in dispute over plan to address homelessness crisis
Protestors march to Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle over tax dispute. (‘Tax Amazon’ campaign Photo) Protestors descended on Amazon’s headquarters Sunday…
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Seattle tech industry fights proposed ‘Amazon Tax,’ claiming it will delay recovery and cost jobs
Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant declares victory in the November 2019 election. (Photo via KshamaSawant.Org) Hundreds of business and…
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