Seattle Is Taxing Amazon to Help Solve Its Homeless Problem: Bad Move. Posted by May 25, 2018 Leave a comment on Seattle Is Taxing Amazon to Help Solve Its Homeless Problem: Bad Move. Amazon paid zero federal income tax on a 2017 profit of $5.6B. It received a $784M rebate from the new federal tax law. Seattle’s “head tax” will cost it $12.4 million yearly for five years.