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Old 05-09-2008, 02:20 PM
 
Location: TX
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This (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-amazon_09bus.ART.State.Edition2.45e5527.html - broken link) could be terrible news for frequent Amazon.com shoppers.

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Texans who shop Amazon.com to avoid paying sales taxes may not have that luxury for long.

The Texas Comptroller's Office is investigating whether the Internet retail behemoth, with sales last year of $14.8 billion, owes Texas possibly millions of dollars in uncollected sales taxes on purchases made by its customers in the state.

Seattle-based Amazon.com has been operating a distribution center in Irving since 2006, giving it a "physical presence" in Texas, a longstanding litmus test for when sales taxes must be collected by an online or mail-order company.

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Old 05-09-2008, 02:31 PM
 
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The state's tax-collecting agency didn't know Amazon.com was operating a facility here until this week when The Dallas Morning News called to ask why the online powerhouse wasn't charging Texas customers sales taxes, said Robin Corrigan, the comptroller's team leader for sales tax policy.
Keep up the good work, Dallas Morning News!
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Old 05-09-2008, 02:39 PM
 
Location: from houstoner to bostoner to new yorker to new jerseyite ;)
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Keep up the good work, Dallas Morning News!
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Old 05-09-2008, 05:46 PM
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Location: Suburban Dallas
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This (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-amazon_09bus.ART.State.Edition2.45e5527.html - broken link) could be terrible news for frequent Amazon.com shoppers.

Below are the first few paragraphs of that article.


Uh-oh, spaghetti-o.
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Old 05-09-2008, 10:27 PM
 
Location: TX
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Keep up the good work, Dallas Morning News!
Seriously ... they let the cat out of the bag.

Now we have to hope Amazon sells their Irving warehouse, even though that might cause shipping to take an extra day or so to get to us.
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Old 05-10-2008, 09:50 AM
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Location: Ohio
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Amazon can always close that warehouse if TX tries to collect tax on future purchases.

I'm a little worried about retroactive sales tax being collected on Amazon purchases made since '05. That's likely to be a big chunk of change and it's hard to imagine the lege would let that slide.
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Old 05-10-2008, 09:58 AM
 
Location: Tucson/Houston
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The only way politicians know how to operate is on OPM (taxes). If businesses operated like governments, they would all go bellyup. They have zero sense of how to operate a business, which is how government should be run.
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Old 05-10-2008, 01:55 PM
 
Location: TX
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Amazon can always close that warehouse if TX tries to collect tax on future purchases.

I'm a little worried about retroactive sales tax being collected on Amazon purchases made since '05. That's likely to be a big chunk of change and it's hard to imagine the lege would let that slide.
I don't think Amazon would be allowed to retroactively collect on tax b/c the sales have already been final. They'd have to pay for it out of their pocket if the state court of TX made them. But, I'm not a lawyer.
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Old 05-12-2008, 09:31 AM
 
Location: TX
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Amazon.com is going to post it. I read this article on Dallas News from a 3rd party. I don't have a link, so I'll just copy and paste the relevant part.

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May 10--Amazon.com Inc. said Friday it believes it's in compliance with state laws after the Texas Comptroller's Office said this week it is investigating whether the Internet retailer should charge sales tax to Texas customers.

A spokeswoman for the Seattle-based chain said that its distribution center in Irving is operated by a subsidiary called Amazon.com.kydc Inc. and not by Amazon.com Inc.

Under Texas law, the subsidiary isn't required to collect sales taxes, said Amazon.com spokeswoman Patty Smith.

"We continue to interact with and cooperate with local and state Texas tax officials at many levels," she said. "The state of Texas is fully aware of Amazon.com's subsidiaries' Texas operations, and we remain in compliance with all Texas laws governing sales tax collection."
Go Amazon.com and fight the good fight!
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