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U.S. Supreme Court,
Tax,
Corporate

Apr. 16, 2013

Internet sales tax held constitutional

New York's Amazon sales tax - requiring tax collected at time of purchase by online sellers with affiliate programs - has been held constitutional by the New York Court of Appeals. Does California care? We should.

Robert W. Wood

Managing Partner, Wood LLP

333 Sacramento St
San Francisco , California 94111-3601

Phone: (415) 834-0113

Fax: (415) 789-4540

Email: wood@WoodLLP.com

Univ of Chicago Law School

Wood is a tax lawyer at Wood LLP, and often advises lawyers and litigants about tax issues.

Californians, both consumers and those in business, should be watching the roiling sales and use tax disputes. And they should be paying sales or use tax. You pay sales tax when you make a retail purchase in the state or via phone, mail or Internet from a merchant with a California presence. You pay use tax when you buy from an out-of-state retailer who does not charge you California sales tax.

Your act of bringing or shipping the goods into California triggers your use tax liabi...

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