[lbo-talk] Dean Baker on how Amazon's tax subsidy > its profit

[Doug Henwood]

On Nov 2, 2007, at 1:17 AM, Bill Bartlett wrote:


> No they don't, the retailer has to pay sales tax.

In the US, the consumer pays sales tax. The retailer collects it and  
passes it along to the state and local govs. We don't have a VAT in  
the US, which would be paid by the retailer.

Doug