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Originally Posted by rhadin
FWIW, when a store collects sales tax, the store also gets to keep a percentage of it to defray overhead and costs. So it isn't a matter of out of pocket expense as much as it is the competitive advantage Amazon gets.
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...really? I've not had to do retail (business to individual) accounting, but all the industries I've been in (business to business), you have to remit 100% of the sales tax you collect. Calculating the tax and collecting it is a burden the company has to bear.