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Tax

Apr. 14, 2012

Amazon.com readies for online sales tax

By cutting a deal, Amazon and lawmakers left the broader tax law question unresolved and made the already convoluted tax system that much more complex.


By Emily Green


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Beginning in September, online retailer Amazon.com Inc. will start collecting sales tax on purchases made in California, bringing to a close a short-lived, but explosive, dispute over whether online retailers are legally bound to collect the tax. Rather than fight, the company cut a deal with state legislators last fall that delayed the tax for a year in exchange for halting efforts to put the issue to voters. ...

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