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Originally Posted by afv011
Amazon is a bad example. The law is changing, but until recently it was the buyer's responsibility to report the purchase and pay the tax on the tax return, the seller only had to collect sales tax if they had a physical presence in the buyer's home state. So, for any state other than Washington Amazon did not have to collect taxes and most people "forgot" to pay those in their returns. To avoid this, the law is changing to force sellers to collect tax even when they do not have a physical presence in the buyer's home state.
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That is only a bad rumor that has been around a long time. Granted there are a few exceptions.