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AMAZON TO CHARGE MORE AS GOVT INTRODUCES TAX ON SERVICES IN GHANA

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amazon to charge more as govt introduces tax on services in ghana.

amazon web services (aws) will begin charging certain taxes and levies on services provided to customers in ghana effective march 1

2025.

in reponse to an email sent by citi business news

amazon confirmed that the move is in compliance with local tax regulations by the government

requiring aws emea sarl – the entity responsible for the company’s operations in the region

to apply these charges.ghanaian-themed artlocal event listings and tickets

the taxes include a combined 6% levy comprising the national health insurance levy

the ghana education trust fund levy

and the covid-19 health recovery levy.

additionally

a 15% value added tax (vat) will be imposed on all service charges.

the changes will affect all aws customer accounts registered in ghana

with vat invoices issued accordingly from the effective date.

aws has advised customers to review and update their account details

particularly those who are vat-registered businesses.

customers with a tax registration number (trn) are encouraged to ensure their information is up to date to facilitate vat deductions where applicable.

with cloud computing playing an increasingly vital role in business operations

the new tax obligations could have implications for companies relying on aws infrastructure in ghana.

businesses are expected to factor in the additional costs as they continue to leverage aws services for digital transformation and operations.

aws has urged affected customers to liaise with their internal tax and accounting teams to ensure compliance before the march 1 deadline.

amazon is a large online retailer that sells a variety of products and delivers them to customers' homes.

what does amazon sell?

electronics

music

homewares

furniture

personal care

and sporting goods.

what is amazon's mission? to be earth's most customer-centric company and to make customers' lives easier.

what are amazon's core values? customer obsession

passion for invention

commitment to operational excellence

and long-term thinking.

how does amazon help small businesses?

amazon business helps small businesses connect with corporations

amazon business allows customers to set rules to buy from local suppliers

where is amazon based?

amazon is based in seattle

washington

how did amazon start? amazon launched in 1994.

what is amazon's reputation?

amazon is considered one of the biggest business success stories in the world.

the company has multiple subsidiaries

including amazon web services

providing cloud computing; zoox

a self-driving car division; kuiper systems

a satellite internet provider; and amazon lab126

a computer hardware r&d provider. other subsidiaries include ring

twitch

imdb

and whole foods market. its acquisition of whole foods in august 2017 for us$13.4 billion substantially increased its market share and presence as a physical retailer.[8] amazon also distributes a variety of downloadable and streaming content through its amazon prime video

mgm+

amazon music

audible and wondery[9] units. it publishes books through its publishing arm

amazon publishing

film and television content through amazon mgm studios

including the metro-goldwyn-mayer studio

which was acquired in march 2022

and owns brilliance audio and audible

which produce and distribute audiobooks

respectively. amazon also produces consumer electronics—most notably

kindle e-readers

echo devices

fire tablets

and fire tvs.

amazon has a reputation as a disruptor of industries through technological innovation and aggressive reinvestment of profits into capital expenditures.[10][11][12][13] as of 2023

it is the world's largest online retailer and marketplace

smart speaker provider

cloud computing service through aws

[14] live-streaming service through twitch

and internet company as measured by revenue and market share.[15] in 2021

it surpassed walmart as the world's largest retailer outside of china

driven in large part by its paid subscription plan

amazon prime

which has close to 200 million subscribers worldwide.[16][17] it is the second-largest private employer in the united states[18] and the second-largest company in the world and in the u.s. by revenue as of 2024 (after walmart).[19] as of october 2024

amazon is the 12th-most visited website in the world and 84% of its traffic comes from the united states.[20][21] amazon is also the global leader in research and development spending

with r&d expenditure of us$73 billion in 2022.[22] amazon has been criticized on various grounds

including but not limited to customer data collection practices

a toxic work culture

censorship

tax avoidance

and anti-competitive practices.

amazon uses many different transportation services to deliver packages. amazon-branded services include:

amazon air

a cargo airline for bulk transport

with last-mile delivery handled either by amazon flex

amazon logistics

or the u.s. postal service.

amazon flex

a smartphone app that enables individuals to act as independent contractors

delivering packages to customers from personal vehicles without uniforms. deliveries include one or two hours prime now

same or next day amazon fresh groceries

and standard amazon.com orders

in addition to orders from local stores that contract with amazon.[152]

in which amazon contracts with small businesses (which it calls "delivery service partners") to perform deliveries to customers. each business has a fleet of approximately 20–40 amazon-branded vans

and employees of the contractors wear amazon uniforms. as of december 2020

it operates in the united states

canada

italy

germany

spain

and the united kingdom.[153]

amazon prime air is an experimental drone delivery service that delivers packages via drones to amazon prime subscribers in select cities.

amazon directly employs people to work at its warehouses

bulk distribution centers

staffed "amazon hub locker+" locations

and delivery stations where drivers pick up packages. as of december 2020

it is not hiring delivery drivers as employees.[154]

rakuten intelligence estimated that in 2020 in the united states

the proportion of last-mile deliveries was 56% by amazon's directly contracted services (mostly in urban areas)

30% by the united states postal service (mostly in rural areas)

and 14% by ups.[155] in april 2021

amazon reported to investors it had increased its in-house delivery capacity by 50% in the last 12 months (which included the first year of the covid-19 pandemic in the united states).[156]

supply chain

amazon first launched its distribution network in 1997 with two fulfillment centers in seattle and new castle

delaware. amazon has several types of distribution facilities consisting of cross-dock centers

fulfillment centers

sortation centers

delivery stations

prime now hubs

and prime air hubs. there are 75 fulfillment centers and 25 sortation centers with over 125

000 employees.[157][158] employees are responsible for five basic tasks: unpacking and inspecting incoming goods; placing goods in storage and recording their location; picking goods from their computer recorded locations to make up an individual shipment; sorting and packing orders; and shipping. a computer that records the location of goods and maps out routes for pickers plays a key role: employees carry hand-held computers which communicate with the central computer and monitor their rate of progress. some warehouses are partially automated with systems built by amazon robotics.[159]

in september 2006

amazon launched a program called fba (fulfillment by amazon) whereby it could handle storage

packing and distribution of products and services for small sellers

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