Amazon cash taxes remain U.S. centered with limited country detail
Amazon’s 2025 Form 10-K annual filing expands income tax disclosure but stops short of naming countries where cash taxes were paid.
The filing separates cash taxes into U.S. federal, U.S. state, and international categories. It does not disclose cash income taxes paid by individual foreign countries, even after the adoption of the new income tax disclosure standard in 2025.
The result is partial geographic visibility.
The numbers show where taxes sit at a high level, but not where those payments land outside the United States.
Country-level tax picture
Amazon’s cash income tax payments remain anchored in the United States. The company discloses cash taxes paid by jurisdictional bucket, not by country. International taxes are presented only as a single aggregate line.
The overall pattern shows a sharp decline in U.S. federal cash taxes in 2025, alongside higher international cash taxes. State taxes remain relatively stable.
Cash income taxes paid, net of refunds, were as follows in 2025:
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