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

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Nov 2 05:02:35 PDT 2007


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



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