Amazon is under fire for not paying federal income taxes. Here's how it got its tax burden down to l

Amazon has been drawing fire from politicians across the political spectrum for paying little to nothing in federal income taxes. The company reported that it didn't owe any federal taxes for the income it generated in 2017 or 2018.  Amazon doesn't disclose the precise tax breaks it uses to reduce its tax burden. But its annual report indicates it relied primarily on breaks related to stock-based compensation and research-and-development expenses and benefitted significantly from the 2017...