Ask HN: Amazon and Tax Avoidance?

Startups would need to have sophisticated accounting and tax legal teams to do what large corporations do. Ideally we close these loopholes so it's not a strategic advantage for larger corporations.

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/double-irish-with-a-dut...

Ideally?! Ha, we are obviously not close to ideal... look at Trump

Company size, but also total taxable revenue. If your tax bill is $1B, spending $30K and a week of three employees’ time to set up a new legal entity to save 1% on your taxes is a great use of money. If your tax bill is $100K, that would be counterproductive.

Certain size.

Amazon could negotiate with countries and government entities for a personalized tax breaks due to it's potential to make or break state budgets.

Very little number of players can leverage that. There are no "tactics"