Amazon said it paid "all applicable taxes" and offered a "competitive package" to all its employees.

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In a statement, Amazon said it employs more than 5, 000 permanent employees across the UK as well as thousands of temporary staff, adding it paid "all applicable taxes in every jurisdiction that it operates within".

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It is important to remember that any American or Frenchman, who decided to exercise their free will and legally sever their tax liability would be liable to pay all applicable taxes (income, capital gains, gift, wealth) right up until the moment that they left.

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