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Amazon Prevails In State Sales Tax Dispute, Thus Far

Posted by timothy on from the so-about-your-anarchist-cookbook dept.

snsh writes "A US judge has ruled for Amazon.com (PDF) against North Carolina's request to turn over the names of its customers to state tax officials. The ruling was focused on privacy grounds, so the state can still re-request less detailed sales data which does not identify items purchased." Reader arbitraryaardvark adds a link to The Volokh Conspiracy's take on the decision.

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  1. Re:Good for us Sellers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    >In the EU they charge VAT according to the rate of the country where the destiny of the goods is.

    In the EU, they charge VAT according to the rate of the country to which the goods are destined.

    English motherfucker. Learn it.

  2. Re:Good for us Sellers by elrous0 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I live in a state where it's perfectly legal to sell someone an AK-47 at a gun show without even checking their ID, but they scream bloody murder if someone buys a used CD through Amazon and doesn't pay state sales tax.

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    SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.