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Amazon Charges Sales Tax On "Shipping and Handling"

You may have noticed that retailers like Amazon are charging tax, in compliance with state laws, on not just the price of goods, but on the "shipping and handling" fees they charge. An anonymous reader writes "By coincidence I noticed this myself the other night, and ended up ordering something from a supplier in Arizona, rather than Amazon, to avoid the sales tax. Now here is an article about it in the Los Angeles Times."

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  1. Re:Is shipping by Lumpy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mostly because Slashot's green color is lead paint, and all these screen lickers are getting lead poisoning.

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  2. Re:Buy Amazon Prime. by hairyfeet · · Score: 1, Funny

    Oh Lord, why don't you just tell everyone you don't even own a TV so you can reach that epic level of doucheyness?

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  3. End of Life? by MilwaukeeMadAss · · Score: 1, Funny

    At the rate of how things are going, my last breath will probably be a pathetic gurgling death-rattle and the words "I got the memo". Shortly after my body slumps across my keyboard and ergonomically correct mouse pad, the rest of the office staff will be celebrating a birthday/anniversary/baby shower two cubicles over with cake and punch.