Midnight Mike
2008-05-11, 03:19 AM
DALLAS — Texas officials may claim that Amazon.com owes millions in sales taxes on purchases that state residents made from the Internet retailer.
A 1992 U.S. Supreme Court ruling lets states collect sales taxes from out-of-state retailers that have a "physical presence" in their state. Seattle-based Amazon runs a distribution center in Irving, Texas.
The Dallas Morning News reported in Friday's editions that it asked the Texas comptroller's office why the retailer didn't charge sales taxes on Texas customers. Robin Corrigan, a sales-tax policy executive in the comptroller's office, said the agency didn't know Amazon operates a facility in the state.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/b ... zon10.html (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004404665_amazon10.html)
A 1992 U.S. Supreme Court ruling lets states collect sales taxes from out-of-state retailers that have a "physical presence" in their state. Seattle-based Amazon runs a distribution center in Irving, Texas.
The Dallas Morning News reported in Friday's editions that it asked the Texas comptroller's office why the retailer didn't charge sales taxes on Texas customers. Robin Corrigan, a sales-tax policy executive in the comptroller's office, said the agency didn't know Amazon operates a facility in the state.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/b ... zon10.html (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2004404665_amazon10.html)