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Originally Posted by murraypaul
How would the affiliates collect tax, don't they mainly just host banners linking to Amazon, and get paid for the referrals? They wouldn't know which items have been sold, or to where, so couldn't collect the taxes.
Besides, as I understand it, the tax is determined by the location of the buyer, which again they wouldn't know.
Even for those selling through the Amazon marketplace, it is Amazon that calculates and displays the price of the item, which would need to vary according to the location of the buyer.
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You are correct--we cannot tell WHO buys an item, how they paid, where they live, etc. We collect NO money from the consumer which is another reason I say we are not sales agents.
A person from another country entirely could go through my website and buy goods. I have no way of knowing where they are from or whether they owe anyone any taxes.