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Amazon.com originally collected sales tax only from five states as of 2011, but as of April 2017 collects sales taxes from customers in all 45 states that have a state sales tax and in Washington, D.C. [6] Amazon also collects sales tax on orders delivered to customers in specific localities in Alaska [7] as well as certain textbook rentals ...
Once exempt from most state and local sales taxes, Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) now collects the taxes in at least nine states, including New York, Texas, California, and Massachusetts.
Most people pay their taxes voluntarily. With at least one type of tax, though, millions of Americans break the law every year -- and many of them probably never realize it. And now, states in ...
The leading online retailer and the Massachusetts Office for Administration and Finance have reached an accord for Amazon to begin collecting the 6.25 state sales tax on any purchases by ...
Louisiana has a 4.45% state sales tax as of 1 July 2018. [118] The state sales tax is not charged on unprepared food. There are also taxes on the parish (county) level and some on the city levels, Baton Rouge has a 5% sales tax. [119] Parishes may add local taxes up to 5%, while local jurisdictions within parishes may add more.
Taxing the Internet: Analyzing the States’ Plan to Derive Online Sales Revenue Archived 2010-08-21 at the Wayback Machine Legal article discussing state attempts to derive online sales revenue. Streamlined Sales Tax Project States' project to design, test and implement a sales and use tax system that radically simplifies sales and use taxes.
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has struck an agreement with the state of Massachusetts to begin collecting the state's 6.25% sales tax in the fall of 2013. As of September, the online behemoth was ...
In some jurisdictions of the United States, there are multiple levels of government which each impose a sales tax. For example, sales tax in Chicago (Cook County), IL is 10.25%, consisting of 6.25% state, 1.25% city, 1.75% county and 1% regional transportation authority. Chicago also has the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority tax on ...