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> Amazon.com as well. In the beginning one of their biggest competitive advantages was that they didn't charge sales tax. Wasn't that basically the law of the
by anarazel 8y ago
> Amazon.com as well. In the beginning one of their biggest competitive advantages was that they didn't charge sales tax.
Wasn't that basically the law of the land (until this year, due to Wayfair), based on the Quill SCOTUS decision?
- nostrademons 8y agoMy recollection was that Amazon started collecting sales tax many years ago, but apparently it was much more recent than that. They started collecting sales tax around 2011-2014 because many states passed explicit state legislation requiring them to. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_tax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_tax
- Scoundreller 8y agoAs of mid-2018, just about all retailers have to collect sales taxes on their out-of-state shipments, presence or not. Funny how the law that allowed Amazon to grow so much has been unwound just as it stops benefitting Amazon... https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/21/us/politics/supreme-court-sales-taxes-internet-merchants.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/21/us/politics/supreme-court...