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France orders Amazon to pay nearly 200 million euros in back taxes

French tax authorities have demanded nearly 199 million euros in back taxes and interest from the online retailer Amazon, according to a company document publicised on Tuesday. 

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Amazon, which is under increasing pressure over the amount of tax it pays in Europe, is in dispute with the French tax authorities over the amounts involved, the company says in a document filed to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, which has been posted on the stock market regulator's website.

The back taxes France is chasing relate to earnings in France for the years 2006-10.

The details of the dispute between the US multinational and the French authorities emerged a day after Amazon's public policy chief Andrew Cecil was grilled by British MPs who suspect the company should be paying much more tax there.

Cecil angered a parliamentary committee by failing to answer straightforward questions about the company and it earnings.

He was unable to explain the corporate structure of the group and admitted not knowing who owned Amazon's Luxembourg-based holding company.

The parliamentary committee said it would be summoning a more senior Amazon executive to answer their questions.
 

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