Texas may claim Amazon owes sales taxes

May 9th, 2008

(AP) -- Texas officials may claim that Amazon.com owes millions in sales taxes on purchases that state residents made from the Internet retailer.

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SDMike - May 10, 2008
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1. Amazon should immediately move their distribution center out of Texas. Texas should love that.
2. If you didn't collect it you don't have to pay it. Otherwise Texas is imposing a tax on Amazon income which is illegal in Texas (no state income tax) and in the US (states can not tax income on businesses located in other states.)
S**ew the greedy B**tards!
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