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Originally Posted by bevdeforges
Can't find it just now, but there was an article in Sunday's NY Times about the battles Amazon is having over sales tax. They are even threatening to pull warehouse facilities out of some areas because the states are coming after them to collect sales taxes on sales within those states.
If Kobo is charging sales tax, it seems remarkably similar to the changes in their pricing for those of us outside the US (probably to cover VAT). I suspect they're being pressured by the tax authorities in all the various states and countries they sell to.
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I found this article:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...writethru.html
This:
http://www.the-digital-reader.com/20...tax-after-all/
and this:
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/...117342553.html
None of them give the whole story so I'm not really sure what's going on.