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I'm not sure roads is the best example to give here. Doesn't Amazon benefit from the state maintained roads since it would be difficult to get its order delive

by davweb 15y ago

I'm not sure roads is the best example to give here. Doesn't Amazon benefit from the state maintained roads since it would be difficult to get its order delivered without them? Although as his been said, Sales Tax is usually regarded as a tax on consumer consumption rather than a tax on business which is why business to business sales are often exempt from sales taxes.

nhebb 15y ago
Presumably, the delivery trucks are already subsidizing the state road maintenance through gas taxes and vehicle registration fees. Still, if 100% of the sales to Connecticut residents were through affiliates I could see your point, but since that's unlikely, I view it as the states using affiliates as a loop hole to get around the 1992 Supreme Court ruling.