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Originally Posted by John F
Depends?
My state has an "Amazon" warehouses, and yet "Amazon" didn't charge sales tax on many of my recent orders; I used "Amazon" Prime, I got 3% back on my "Amazon" credit card, and yet, they didn't have to charge sales tax (Due to being "fulfilled by "Amazon" Market Place"?).
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It has to be an Amazon LLC warehouse (owned and operated by them), not a subcontractor and, of course, it has to be a sale by Amazon, not a marketplace reseller selling through Amazon's site.
Don't forget that Amazon LLC isn't the only retailer doing business via Amazon.com. If the Marketplace vendor is in your state but Amazon isn't, the state is supposed to get their cut. Conversely, if Amazon has a presence but the seller doesn't, you don't. Like the Chinese vendors on ebay and Amazon.
There is a reason Amazon (officially) favors a *uniform* tax on internet sales. The current mix is a mess.
(Of course, since an internet sales tax is not passing anytime soon Amazon could just be posturing for PR purposes.)
Edit: adding to the chaos: not everything you buy from Amazon marketplace vendors passes through Amazon facilities. Sometimes it ships from the vendor.