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Context: I am a software engineer working at AWS in Commerce Platform - International Expansion. All opinions here are my own. Also, I am just an fairly new eng
by DevelopingElk 2y ago
Context: I am a software engineer working at AWS in Commerce Platform - International Expansion. All opinions here are my own. Also, I am just an fairly new engineer, not a lawyer.
Countries in Europe are covered by the EMEA SARL (Except for Turkey) https://aws.amazon.com/legal/aws-emea-countries/ https://aws.amazon.com/legal/aws-emea-countries/. When we generate invoices we look at your contact and billing addresses, and since they are EU we will have them come from the EMEA SARL. We may also have it come from a branch of the EMEA SARL if it exists in your country (for example Greece). If your business has a contract with AWS then the contract can override this behavior. AWS applies taxes under some circumstances, see https://aws.amazon.com/legal/aws-emea/ https://aws.amazon.com/legal/aws-emea/.
With regards to tariffs, my understanding is that its a big maybe. EMEA SARL is a fully owned subsidiary of Amazon Web Service Inc. so for tariff purposes it may be treated as AWS Inc. Alternatively, the tariffs could be structured to only apply to US usage. Its the EU's choice. If the EU wants them apply to all AWS/GCP usage then they will.