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From 2012 through 2018, Amazon reported $ 25.4 billion in pretax United States income and current federal tax provisions totaling $ 1.9 billion, that is an 8 % tax rate — low, but not zero or negative. Looking back further, since 2002, Amazon has earned $ 27.7 billion in global pretax profits and paid $ 3.6 billion in global cash income taxes, a 13 % tax rate.