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Originally Posted by Little.Egret
As I mentioned up thread, the EU has been trying to get VAT paid on ‘Electronically supplied services’ supplied from outside the EU since 2003 at least. Various US states would like Amazon to collect sales tax for them.
Things are not moving fast.
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In the US any motion is just political posturing.
The very reason EU pols want to raise taxes is why it won't happen in the US.
The House of Representatives is not about to raise consumer taxes in a weak economy. And that is half the reason Amazon isn't fighting proposals for internet sales taxes. (The other half is their warehouse building plans.)
As for Duane, I thought she was in the US because of other comments she'd made about the versions she could sell on her site.
The points still apply to US-based digital sites; the mere threat of legal harrassment is enough to force closure.