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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
As a Pennsylvanian, here's my attitude: We are giving Amazon a great deal by allowing them exemption from the sales tax despite their having a big physical presence in the state. The only real justification for this is to bring in good jobs. Amazon should somehow be told that if they don't start making their jobs good permanent ones, the tax deal is off.
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Sales tax is paid by the
customer, not Amazon. The only thing the states are asking Amazon to do is collect the tax on the state's behalf. If you want to pay your state's sales tax, there's a box to do so on your state's tax form.