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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight
Yes, it's a subsidiary. What's your point?
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More or less what CP wrote - I'm sure Amazon's attorneys analyzed the law in relation to Quill v. North Dakota (which I really should get around to reading, lol), and are advising that while the "affiliates" portion of the law is going to be difficult to get around, Amazon has a chance of winning on the "subsidiaries" issue. Hence, they cut all ties to CA affiliates and are not collecting sales tax in CA right now.
I'm not sure who reports the sales tax on their CA forms, though everything I've read states that it is nigh impossible to enforce. Personally I pay plenty of sales tax, which is ridiculously high even after the expiration of the 2-year temporary increase. It is a fundamental philosophic problem, I suppose, that Dems see tax increases as equaling more revenue. Raising taxes actually drives businesses and jobs away, thus leading to lower income taxes overall and a greater burden on the CA economy due to the unemployed.
Again, Best Buy and Target need to lower their prices to compete, plain and simple. When books, cell phones, movies, electronics and groceries are cheaper to buy on the internet (even WITH the sales tax added), Best Buy and Target need to step it up. The only thing going for the brick and mortar stores are the convenience of having the item NOW, and people will pay a few extra dollars for that. But a FEW extra dollars, not like $10-12 more for a blu-ray, or $100 extra for a television.