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Amazon Can Support The Internet Sales Tax Because Amazon Is Exempt
- computer 13y agoThis piece is written by a (flat-tax) lobbyist ("Katie McAuliffe is federal affairs manager at Americans for Tax Reform."), which is very clear when you read sentences like: "They want the MFA passed not for sales tax collection, which has been on the rise, but to set a precedent for exporting their taxes and laws across their borders so they can tax and regulate people who cannot vote against them."
- harshreality 13y agoWhat does that have to do with the validity of the central point, which is that states which gave Amazon a grace period during which it wouldn't have to collect sales tax[1] are now complaining that much more minor e-commerce shops aren't collecting sales tax[1]? Amazon's margins are thin and they're focusing on automation. Is it any more advantageous to have an Amazon warehouse in your state than it is to have smaller ecommerce outfits? [1] On inter-state sales, of course.