The government of Colombia isn’t pleased with the Internet retail giant. It wants Amazon to pay a special tax on all the goods it sells to Colombian customers, and the company hasn’t been cooperating. According to a report by Colombia Reports, Amazon has refused to pay the tax, which is part of Colombia’s program to tax companies that sell goods in the country.
A spokesman for the Colombian government told the publication, “Amazon has been very forthcoming in its tax arrangements and has sent us extensive information about its income. It is not accurate to say that Amazon has not cooperated with us,” adding that the company had been paying the tax on shipments since 2013.
Amazon’s spokesman said the company was working to comply with the tax laws, but had no plans to change its business model.
The report comes at a time when Amazon has made it clear that it wants to expand its presence in the Latin American market. The company reportedly has “hundreds of millions of dollars” in a new cloud-computing service for Latin American customers, according to a report by Bloomberg, and has recently been wooing entrepreneurs in the region. The company’s top executive, Jeff Bezos, has been spending time in Latin America and reportedly has met with Brazilian President Michel Temer.
Amazon has yet to comment on its plans in Colombia.