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Internet Sales Tax Gets a New Champion

Posted by timothy on from the happy-4th-of-july-weekend dept.

Archness1 writes with an excerpt from Declan McCullagh's piece at CNET about the recently renewed push for a sales tax on Internet purchases, led by Massachusetts Representative Bill Delahunt. "At the moment, Americans who shop over the Internet from out-of-state vendors usually aren't required to pay sales taxes. Californians buying books from Amazon.com or cameras from Manhattan's B&H Photo, for example, won't be required to cough up the sales taxes that they would if shopping at a local mall." That could all change, though.

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  1. Californians buying books from Amazon.com ... by sconeu · · Score: 0, Troll

    Funny, I seem to recall paying tax on every Amazon.com purchase I make, and I'm in CA.

    I believe Amazon has a nexus in CA.

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