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The rule seems to apply to Amazon principally because it has distribution centers in CA.

• btilly 15y ago
  Citation needed To the best of my knowledge Amazon has no distribution centers in any states that collect sales tax explicitly because it doesn't want to be forced to collect sales taxes.
  • leot 15y ago
    Every time I order from Amazon the delivery starts in CA almost the same day. Perhaps there's some legal entity funny-business going on to make all of its CA fulfillment not count as such, but what else would you call the place that ships me the package?
    • btilly 15y ago
      Are you sure it starts in CA? I just looked through http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.com#Fulfillment_and_warehousing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.com#Fulfillment_and_ware... and there is no California location listed. I live in California, and I've received lots of packages from Nevada.
      • leot 15y ago
        Just went through my email logs of Amazon purchases. One thing I bought from Amazon looks like it started in "City of Commerce", but this was a few days after I purchased it -- perhaps they fulfilled elsewhere and flew it over to be picked up by FedEx in CA?
        • btilly 15y ago
          Amazon offers store fronts for third party sellers. The most likely possibility is that that purchase is from such a seller, in which case fulfillment starts from their facilities, not Amazon's. If you are in California, then Amazon should have also collected sales tax on that purchase.