Uber has never once turned a profit, and is allowed to continue running their business. If you’re a small business owner running an ebay or ecom business, and you claim losses for 3 out of 5 years in a row, it’s likely that the IRS will audit you, and could deem you a hobby. Amazon is often cited as not generating a profit for many years, but is now profitable. For them, it was somehow okay to run a business making no profit! So like, how come small businesses can’t claim losses, but big corps can?
Amazon pays taxes. Less than what they should? Yes but they are paying https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/04/amazon-had-to-pay-federal-income-taxes-for-the-first-time-since-2016.html
Depends on the country, and there are subsidies to offset the taxes.
I suppose they pay taxes, but not like a normal company does. Amazon makes special deals with governments to reduce the amount of tax they owe.