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Amazon Folds In California Sales Tax Deal

Posted by timothy on from the mussolini-would-be-proud dept.

theodp writes "In a deal indicating all sides appear ready to call a truce, the San Jose Mercury News reports that Amazon.com is offering to back down from its referendum drive to repeal an online sales tax in exchange for a one-year moratorium on collecting the tax. Under the deal, Amazon would agree to begin collecting the tax from California residents in September 2012, unless Congress takes action on Internet sales taxes before then. The development comes a day after a NY Times editorial ripped Amazon over its sales 'tax dodge.'"

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  1. Re:[sigh] by x6060 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Um... I think you need to look at a US map... because what you said is exactly the opposite of what is true here.

    http://money.cnn.com/news/storysupplement/economy/state_debt/index.html

    http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/11/17/us/20081117_budget_graphic.html

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Red_state,_blue_state.svg

    The blue states tend to be in the most debt.

  2. Re:[sigh] by h4rr4r · · Score: 5, Informative

    1. The tax foundation.
    http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/topic/92.html
    for an updated one. A major news outlet is about the least worthwhile source ever.

    http://www.taxfoundation.org/research/show/22685.html
    That is sourced from the census consolidated federal funds report from 2005.

    Here is a link to that.
    http://www.census.gov/govs/cffr/
    Page 23 of the 2009 report should prove interesting to you.