[SilkRoadie]

> In the UK many leading retail groups have called for reform, highlighting what they see as unfair tax advantages afforded to multinationals such as Amazon by outdated tax treaties.

Currently Amazon pay very little corporation tax in many of the countries they operate in which gives them an unfair tax advange against local competition. This allows them to set lower prices and trade more efficently..

In Amazon's case it would seem like closing some tax loop holes to get them to pay their share would help level the playing field and potentially increase competition between Amazon and regional stores. This can only be a good thing.

The one worry though would be how changing the tax system would affect smaller tech companies. Companies which serve multiple countries with low staff could be caught out by increased tax or just technical / accounting costs if you suddenly need to track and file taxes for every country you have customers in.