North Carolina already had a fight with amazon last year (about this time) over tax collecting and lost. Last year it was over Amazon collecting taxes if the item was sold by a link provided by an Amazon Associate located in North Carolina. Amazons solution to this? They just killed all the associate accounts in NC. I am a NC resident and was an associate... while I lost a few thousand a year in play money I am so glad Amazon chose this path... and north carolina lost out on the income tax from all those associates... ha ha ha. The VA border is about 30 minutes from me... I have been considering the move. I rent and its not that big of a deal.
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http://techcrunch.com/2009/06/17/amazon-associates-to-pull-out-of-north-carolina-due-to-unconstitutional-tax-collection-scheme/
North Carolina already had a fight with amazon last year (about this time) over tax collecting and lost. Last year it was over Amazon collecting taxes if the item was sold by a link provided by an Amazon Associate located in North Carolina. Amazons solution to this? They just killed all the associate accounts in NC. I am a NC resident and was an associate... while I lost a few thousand a year in play money I am so glad Amazon chose this path... and north carolina lost out on the income tax from all those associates... ha ha ha. The VA border is about 30 minutes from me... I have been considering the move. I rent and its not that big of a deal.