"The federal corporate tax rate is 21%, but as in the past, Amazon likely employed various tax credits and deductions to reduce its federal tax bill. Amazon also reported $280.5 billion in total revenue in 2019.
Amazon has been the subject of much criticism over the fact that the company’s final federal tax burden has been particularly lacking in recent years."
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/04/amazon-had-to-pay-federal-income-taxes-for-the-first-time-since-2016.html
"Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a rising Democratic star in the US Congress, tweeted (1) about media reports on research by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a Washington think tank, stating Amazon paid no US federal income tax for two years."
https://news.yahoo.com/fact-check-does-amazon-pay-no-us-federal-231838691.html
"In 2018, Amazon paid $0 in U.S. federal income tax on more than $11 billion in profits before taxes. It also received a $129 million tax rebate from the federal government.
Amazon’s low tax bill mainly stemmed from the Republican tax cuts of 2017, carryforward losses from years when the company was not profitable, tax credits for massive investments in R&D and stock-based employee compensation."
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/03/why-amazon-paid-no-federal-income-tax.html
"Amazon largely pays no corporate tax precisely because it reinvests those profits into its operations."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephaniedenning/2019/02/22/why-amazon-pays-no-corporate-taxes/?sh=4d383af954d5
"The main reason Amazon as a corporate entity does not pay much in taxes is because the company so vigorously reinvests its profit. The resulting expensing provisions lower their tax liabilities, in some cases down to zero or near-zero."
https://fee.org/articles/why-does-amazon-pay-0-in-federal-income-taxes/
"President Joe Biden called out the Seattle tech giant twice during a speech Wednesday outlining his new infrastructure spending plan. He cited a 2019 analysis highlighting 91 Fortune 500 companies that didn’t pay federal income tax in 2018 — “including Amazon,” Biden noted, while not mentioning any other companies. Biden noted that companies “use various loopholes so they pay not a single solitary penny in federal income tax.”"
https://www.geekwire.com/2021/biden-calls-amazon-not-paying-federal-income-tax-im-going-put-end/
Does Amazon Really Pay No Taxes? Here’s the Complicated Answer
https://www.wsj.com/articles/does-amazon-really-pay-no-taxes-heres-the-complicated-answer-11560504602