News tagged with sales taxes

Interview: Internet tax a states' rights issue

(AP) -- Before he became a U.S. senator, Mike Enzi ran a shoe store and was mayor of Gillette, in the heart of Wyoming's coal country.

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created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 25

Mall giant sues Indiana to tax Amazon.com sales

(AP) -- Shopping mall giant Simon Property Group sued the Indiana Department of Revenue on Thursday to try to force it to collect taxes from Amazon.com Inc. for all sales made in the state.

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created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Study finds Vision Iowa provided healthy return on investment

A new report by Iowa State University economics faculty and students found that the state's Vision Iowa program -- which was instituted in 2001 to enhance recreational, cultural, educational or entertainment ...

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created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Conn. gets tough with Amazon, pushing on with tax

Connecticut officials are not giving up on requiring Internet sellers to collect state sales taxes, despite signs from online retailer Amazon.com that it has no immediate plans to abide by the state's new Internet tax law.

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created Oct 09, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Amazon deal with Calif. may set precedent for online tax collection

California braced for a fight this year when its budget deal included a provision to force online retailers - Amazon.com Inc. by far the most prominent among them - to collect sales taxes on purchases made by the state's ...

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created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Calif. governor signs compromise on Internet taxes

(AP) -- Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Friday that postpones new sales taxes rules that would have affected online purchases in California, granting more time for traditional and online retailers to lobby Congress for ...

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created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Amazon says tax delay will save jobs

Amazon on Monday said legislation allowing online retailers to delay for one year the collection of sales tax in California would save jobs and provide time for a national law to be drawn up.

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created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Group seeks Amazon boycott over sales tax fight

(AP) -- A coalition of nonprofit groups is calling on customers of Amazon.com to cancel their accounts unless the Internet retailer stops resisting a California law that requires more online retailers to charge a state sales ...

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created Aug 15, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 8

Amazon says gets OK for Calif sales tax referendum

(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. says the California Attorney General's Office has approved its petition for a referendum that would let voters decide whether to overturn a new law that forces online retailers to collect sales taxes ...

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created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Amazon wants voters to decide on tax collection

(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. wants California voters to decide whether to overturn a new law that forces online retailers to collect sales taxes there, setting the stage for a potentially high-dollar ballot fight next year that ...

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Amazon's former Calif. affiliates brace for lost revenue

For several years now, the military museum in Old Sacramento has quietly earned a nice little income by acting as a sales rep for Amazon.com Inc.

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created Jul 10, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 6

Amazon cuts off California affiliates

(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. and much smaller Overstock.com Inc. are cutting off their advertising affiliates in California because of a new state rule forcing online retailers to collect sales tax there.

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created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 5

Amazon to cut off California-based Web affiliates

(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. said Wednesday that it will stop working with online affiliates based in California since the state passed a new rule that forces online retailers to collect sales tax there.

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created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Swiftly formed coalition doomed Amazon's S.C. tax break

The seeds for Amazon's departure from South Carolina were planted upon its arrival.

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created May 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

States push harder for online sales tax collection

(AP) -- Tax-free shopping is under threat for many online shoppers as states facing widening budget gaps increasingly pressure Amazon.com Inc. and other Internet retailers to start collecting sales taxes from their residents.

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created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 6