We might get angry with Amazon. We may be right to do so. But frankly, we should be just as angry with our politicians. They are letting companies deliver poor quality 20th-century accounting when we need data fit for the 21st century. It’s time for a root-and-branch reform of accounting.
http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2018/08/06/amazons-tax-is-not-transparent-but-politicians-let-them-get-away-with-it/