Not the OP, but here's a Bloomberg article about this [1]. It has a bit of an incendiary tone. Later Bloomberg published an editorial [2] explaining that actual

Not the OP, but here's a Bloomberg article about this [1]. It has a bit of an incendiary tone. Later Bloomberg published an editorial [2] explaining that actually there's nothing scandalous about the zero federal tax rate; it is due to a difference between tax accounting and GAAP accounting. For tax purposes deferred equity compensation is considered to be out-the-door the moment it is granted, for GAAP purposes it's out-the-door the moment it vests. [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-22/tax-law-didn-t-help-amazon-pay-zero-in-2018-it-was-just-savvy https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-22/tax-law-d... [2]https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-02-26/amazon-s-vanishing-tax-bill-isn-t-a-scandal https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-02-26/amazon...