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Amazon charges you to collect sales tax, but Amazon doesn't actually add sales tax to purchases, right? How does this work exactly?

• _delirium 15y ago
  Starting next year, they'll collect sales tax on your behalf for a 2.9% surcharge: http://www.internetretailer.com/2011/11/03/amazoncom-play-tax-collector-client-merchants http://www.internetretailer.com/2011/11/03/amazoncom-play-ta...
  • paulhauggis 15y ago
    Pro-merchants have had this ability for awhile now.
  • ryanhuff 15y ago
    I thought Amazon was arguing that it was too complex for them to collect sales tax for all of the states? Wasnt that their whole argument in their right with three state of California?
    • fpgeek 15y ago
      They've made the "too complex" argument in the past, but I believe their real bottom line is they don't want to be at a disadvantage vs their online competitors.