Company: Amazon

Download the latest annual reports of either Ebay, Amazon, Afterpay, Harvey Norman or Google (or another company that you have come across that has been in the news about their online business. What are the respective business models of each corporation? 1. What goods/services do they provide? What are the sources of their income? 2. What are the comparative strengths of each corporation? How do they keep one step ahead of their competitors and copycats? [Hintz SWOT analysis] 3. Can their sources of income be identified by geography and by the taxing authorities? 4. What is the effective tax rate each paid as a percentage of its net income? How do their effective taX rates compared to the corporate tax rates in Australia, UK, and the USA