On 26 February 2018, the European Commission published the non-confidential version of the final negative decision adopted on 4 October 2017 concluding that Luxembourg granted illegal State aid to Amazon of around EUR 250 million. The decision is the result of an investigation launched in 2014 into a tax ruling provided for Amazon by the Luxembourg tax authorities that basically allowed Amazon to deduct excessive royalty expense in Europe without the royalty income being taxed ({News-2017-10…