If confirmed, a ruling against Amazon would come a year
A decision against tech giant Amazon would also land a few months after the EU slapped Google with a record 2.4-billion-euro ($2.8-billion) fine for illegally favouring its shopping service in search results.
A report in the Financial Times said that Amazon would face a tax bill of several hundred million euros, although this could not be confirmed by AFP sources on Tuesday.
The commission, Amazon and the government of Luxembourg refused to comment.
Launched three years ago, the European Commission's probe into Amazon's deals with Luxembourg was part of several investigations into sweetheart tax arrangements between major companies and several EU countries.
Many came in the wake of the "Luxleaks" scandal which revealed details of tax breaks given by Luxembourg to dozens of major firms.
The revelations about the Luxembourg tax deals came as a particular embarrassment for European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, who served nearly 19 years as Luxembourg's prime minister, covering the period when the tax deals were made.
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