Amazon sues New York

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5-1-2008 11:36 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/394af0cc-b305-485d-a9c7-331547ccd7ab/BE3B2B2C-5002-4B63-B10E-FEE9005B0CB6/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://gizmodo.com/386395/amazon-sues-new-york-to-stop-collecting-sales-tax" href="http://gizmodo.com/386395/amazon-sues-new-york-to-stop-collecting-sales-tax" style="font-size: 11px;">gizmodo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gizmodo.com/386395/amazon-sues-new-york-to-stop-collecting-sales-tax">Amazon has filed suit against the state of New York in response to <A href="http://gizmodo.com/379090/no-more-tax-free-online-purchases-for-new-york-with-new-amazon-tax-bill" linkindex="72">the law passed last week</A> that requires the company to collect sales tax on purchases made by New Yorkers. They say the law, which demands any web retailer with affiliates in the state to charge sales tax, is vague and unconstitutional. The company also says they've been unfairly targeted since lawmakers dubbed the bill the "Amazon Tax". I hope they're right and the law gets repealed; I'm not spending 8.375% more of my hard-earned money than I should until this is worked out. [<A href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/01/amazon-sues-new-york-state-to-void-sales-tax-rules/index.html?partner=rssuserland&emc=rss" linkindex="73">NYT</A>]</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gizmodo.com/386395/amazon-sues-new-york-to-stop-collecting-sales-tax"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/gizmodo.com/img/55E59B27-4C8F-41E5-B5CA-38EE21AA6F35" alt="" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/BE3B2B2C-5002-4B63-B10E-FEE9005B0CB6/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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amazon, new york, taxes, sales, internet, government, politics

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5-2-2008 2:37 AM

alanocu

love that graphic!

5-2-2008 5:16 AM

merrie

cool graphic, huh

8.375% yikes!

5-2-2008 1:30 PM

n2sooners

I hope Amazon wins, but even if they don't New Yorker's may not have to pay taxes at Amazon. The law (if I understand it correctly) is basically an end around where they are forcing Amazon to charge taxes because websites based in New York have those links to Amazon where they get money when items are purchased. If Amazon loses, they may find it more effective to just cease allowing New Yorkers in on that program which will just serve to hurt New Yorkers who participate in that program without bringing any new taxes into the state.

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