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Amazon eliminates affiliate program in North Carolina over tax dispute
Amazon, Newegg, and Overstock were having none of it, and Amazon even filed a lawsuit. It lost.
Now North Carolina is preparing to adopt a state budget that would similarly require retailers like Amazon to collect taxes if they have affiliate relationships with individuals living in North Carolina. And this time Amazon took a different approach. It canceled its affiliate relationships with North Carolina residents.
Search Engine Watch points out that North Carolina lawmakers have instituted tax breaks for a handful of other major companies including Apple and Google in an effort to convince the companies to build data centers in the state. The result could be that these companies will play by different rules than the ones that would have applied to Amazon had the retailer not severed its affiliate relationships in North Carolina.
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John said 5:14PM on 6-26-2009
http://www.fairtax.org Problem solved. /sigh
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NyaR said 5:20PM on 6-26-2009
In an effort to raise revenue the state has raised taxes. This has backfired by removing a source of profit for their citizens, thereby lowering the total pool of money which these people have to use on other purchases, which in turn lowers the ammount of taxable money. To combat this the state will, once more, raise taxes. A perfectly sound "spiral of dumb".
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Virtuous said 10:05PM on 6-26-2009
Sales taxes pay for many essential government services.
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Korey Klier said 9:17AM on 6-27-2009
Obviously you fail to recognize the fact that there can be no government if there is no one to tax.
Chris said 10:54AM on 6-27-2009
Incorrect... Sales taxes pay for very few essential government services. Sales taxes do pay for MANY optional and unnecessary government services.