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

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Fri Nov 2 22:54:17 PDT 2007


On Fri, 2 Nov 2007, Gar Lipow wrote:


> Amazon is headquartered in Seattle. Thus Washington State residents have
> to pay sales tax on Amazon purchases. But not residents of the other 49
> states.

Just for the record, there are four states where recipients have to pay taxes on Amazon purchases: Washington State, North Dakota, Kentucky and Kansas. Those are the states in which Amazon has a physical presence.

Michael



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