Amazon Ireland corporate tax bill halved to €4.93m

The corporation tax bill for online retailer Amazon’s main Irish unit more than halved to €4.9m last year despite revenues soaring 45% to €639.3m.

Newly filed accounts for Amazon Data Services Ireland Ltd (ADSIL) show pre-tax profits increased by 5% to €26.2m in 2015.

The scale of the Amazon business in Ireland increased dramatically last year, with the average number of employees up by 272 from 1,337 to 1,609.