Bezos went to court to prevent states from charging him sales tax that he clearly should be paying.
His ENTIRE business model is based on being 10% behind in-store retail prices based on this.
The decrement in sales tax results in higher income and property taxes as states and municipalities try to stay afloat. So he causes even MORE civic destruction with his legal tactic.
Let him pay the damn tax like everyone else and see if his business model works when he has to follow the laws too.
So ONLY Amazon should pay sales tax on internet sales (remember Congress has allowed the internet to be sales tax free)?
Amazon does collect sales tax in states that require it - we pay sales tax on gifts we send to relatives in Minnesota, for example - and we live in Montana where there is NO sales tax.
His ENTIRE business model is based on being 10% behind in-store retail prices based on this.
Here's how we "level the playing field". Get rid of the sales tax in every state. Problem solved. I don't know how I benefit from having one more avenue of my personal business taxed.
I have been paying MA sales tax on Amazon for about four years.
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We pay Californicator Taxes on every item ordered from Amazon. That has been effect for a few years.
If the states want to tax Amazon sales, they can pass laws to do so.
Everything I have ordered from Amazon has had tax applied. I simply like the convenience of not fighting crowds.
“His ENTIRE business model is based on being 10% behind in-store retail prices based on this.”
you haven’t been paying attention: amazon already collects sales taxes for most states, and starting tomorrow 3/29/2018), will begin collecting sales tax for all 57 states.