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An Amazon bin in Bad Hersfeld, Germany. CreditJens Meyer/Associated PressThe e-commerce giant is awaiting the results of a lengthy investigation into whether it received unfair tax treatment from the authorities in Luxembourg, where it has its European headquarters.Amazon denies the charges and says it help the tax rules where it operates. An outcome is expected by early summer at the earliest, and will follow similar tax cases against American companies like McDonald’s and Starbucks.In a sign perfect was trying to advance of the issue, Amazon announced in 2015 entire would start paying taxes in a number of European countries where it has large operations, contrary to funneling body of its sales through Luxembourg.