Texas may call for Amazon to pay millions in sales taxes

[Midnight Mike]

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

[Lezam]

I wonder why all these states are beating up on amazon for taxes. There are so many other online stores that do the same thing..

[Midnight Mike]

I wonder why all these states are beating up on amazon for taxes. There are so many other online stores that do the same thing..

They probably figure once they get amazon.com, the rest will follow suit.....

[Matt Molnar]

I wonder why all these states are beating up on amazon for taxes. There are so many other online stores that do the same thing..

They're the biggest, so... Thing is, I have received Amazon shipments from Dallas, so I think the paper might have a valid question, unlike New York where they have no presence.