Thread: Should Amazon Buy RadioShack?
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Old 02-21-2013, 11:24 AM   #52
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Originally Posted by ApK View Post
Umm...you mean Amazon's CUSTOMERS should be coughing it up.
Well, technically, in many states, Amazon's customers should be coughing it up when Amazon doesn't collect it. States are getting testy because (surprise, surprise) many otherwise honest citizens are failing to do so.

Haven't looked at NC's state income tax forms for this year yet, but I seem to remember last year they had added a spot for me to report untaxed online purchases and calculate what I owed. Since Amazon is the only online retailer that I deal with that didn't collect, figuring it out for 2011 was a simple matter of reviewing my account. Wonder how many other citizens managed to "forget" that step? I think it amounted to a whopping $8 for me.

(We can leave the intricacies of a taxation debate to another thread in the appropriate forum.)

Either way you see it, being able to offer customer a lower invoiced price due to not collecting sales tax in most states has advantages for Amazon.
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