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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Amazon is battling the online tax in several states


Reporting from New York— 
Amazon.com Inc. has insisted that California's new law requiring it to collect sales taxes from customers in the state would hurt the company's ability to compete in the nation's biggest retail market.

Nevertheless, in New York, the company and other out-of-state, Internet-only retailers have paid $250 million in sales taxes over three years, thanks to a similar law that state adopted in 2008.



Full Story http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-amazon-taxes-20110719,0,5661341.story
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