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Originally Posted by JoHunt
But why place the burden on the retailer to collect tax for another country? In the majority of cases when buying from a "foreign" country, the consumer pays any required tax upon receipt of the parcel.
Amazon is only the beginning. I expect many other companies (Book Depository included since it is owned by Amazon) will follow suit.
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This is part of a larger issue, i.e. some government trying to enforce their rules on an entity that has no physical presence in their boundaries. This is why a lot of websites went dark in the EU over the new privacy laws. Compliance costs matter in today's world.