GOP Tax Cuts: Amazon's Bill Plunges

Sunday, February 08, 2026

Republicans' tax cuts shaved billions off Amazon's tax bill, new government filings show. The company says it ran a $1.2 billion tax bill last year, down from $9 billion the previous year, and even as its profits jumped by 45 percent to nearly $90 billion.

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In related news about the Washington Post and the state of journalism today, Amazon "ran a $1.2 billion tax bill last year, down from $9 billion the previous year, even as its profits jumped by 45% to nearly $90 billion."
That's in the wake of the 2025 tax bill
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-- Bill Grueskin (@bgrueskin.bsky.social) Feb 6, 2026 at 2:33 PM

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... That's largely because of the generous new depreciation breaks GOP lawmakers included in their One Big Beautiful Bill, something that's particularly important to Amazon which -- in addition to maintaining a vast infrastructure for its ubiquitous delivery business -- has been spending billions to build out artificial intelligence data centers. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-07 07:52 PM | Reply

So, Mr Bezos' sucking up to Pres Trump seems to have had its benefits.

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-07 07:53 PM | Reply

"Amazon's tax bill plunges after GOP tax cuts"

Which means Bezos will reduce prices and give employees a raise! Right? Right?

#3 | Posted by censored at 2026-02-07 08:10 PM | Reply

Your Oligarch-Owned Government in Action!

And all it took was sticking it to most Americans... and that's only just started.

(oh, and murdering half a million people, mostly children, mostly by starvation)

Trumpers SO Proud!

#4 | Posted by Corky at 2026-02-07 08:10 PM | Reply

Washington Post chief executive steps down after mass lay-offs

www.bbc.com

#5 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-02-07 08:20 PM | Reply

@#4 ... Your Oligarch-Owned Government in Action! ...

Yup.

Billionaires are gonna want tax cuts for billionaires.

Regardless of the cost to Americans.

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-02-07 08:20 PM | Reply

"If we raise taxes on companies, prices will go up!"
-Pedo GOP

We lower their taxes and prices still go up.

Apparently corporate taxes have nothing to do with prices.

#7 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-02-08 04:33 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

There's a famous Chinese proverb that I learned while living there: "When the elites suffer, the common people suffer. When the elites prosper, the common people still suffer."

#8 | Posted by sentinel at 2026-02-08 11:44 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

So...the rest of us have to work another year...or two.

#9 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-02-08 12:09 PM | Reply

well, duh. Bezos openly bribed the Trump family with that ridiculous propaganda fluff piece on Melania. Now comes the payback.

#10 | Posted by e1g1 at 2026-02-08 12:47 PM | Reply

And "conservatives" wonder why the national debt is skyrocketing! Trump's breaking records for budget deficits. Interest on the national debt has now exceeded the entire annual defense budget.

It began with Bush's 2 tax cuts and continued with Trump's 2 tax cuts.

Tax cuts don't lead to economic growth and they don't "trickle down" to benefit the vast majority of Americans. They only enrich high net worth individuals and corporations while saddling generations with debt.

#11 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-02-08 01:57 PM | Reply

AH, but wait... the profits of the Billionaires is going to Trickle Down upon us all!

Unless, of course, they don't, which they never ever have.

www.google.com

#12 | Posted by Corky at 2026-02-08 02:13 PM | Reply

Why the giant headline?

This is just Trump SOP.

Nothing new or unexpected.

#13 | Posted by Angrydad at 2026-02-08 02:20 PM | Reply

Bezos paid Trump $40 million for the 'Melania' documentary.

Now, Bezos saves $8 billion because of Trump's corporate tax cuts.

While 17 million Americans lose health care.

Corruption, plain and simple.

#14 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-02-08 03:10 PM | Reply