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After innumerable stories about Amazon simply refusing to obey the law and collect sales taxes, along comes perhaps the most delicious bit of news since that bit of belligerence whereby Amazon offered people actual cash to commit corporate espionage: the country known as France has…
Despite “emotional testimony from retailers opposed to the plan,” a bill giving Amazon a 15-month exemption from collecting sales taxes advanced in the New Jersey state senate yesterday, according to a Bergin County Record report by Hugh R. Morely. The report notes that “The owners…
Add Virginia to the growing list of states where, finally, Amazon.com has been forced to abide by the law and collect sales taxes. “In a victory for traditional brick-and-mortar retailers, Amazon agreed to collect and pay sales tax on purchases made to Virginians,” says a…
In a surprising turnaround, in Virginia, “A bill to force online retailers such as Amazon to collect the same sales taxes that mall discount stores and corner bookstores must assess from their customers won unanimous support Tuesday from the Senate Finance Committee,” reports an Associated Press wire…
Add Arizona to the list of states wanting back taxes from Amazon.com. A Publishers Weekly report says Amazon disclosed yesterday that “Arizona issued assessments on behalf of the state and certain cities in the amount of approximately $53 million, including tax and interest, for uncollected…