Manage updates with the Download AppAmazon favors online sales tax--if smaller rivals also have to pay
Amazon said it supports a federal law that would let states collect sales tax from online retailers, but only if smaller businesses are not exempt.
Paul Misener, Amazon's vice president for global public policy, yesterday expressed support for an "even-handed" method of collecting state sales taxes from Internet vendors in congressional testimony (PDF).
"Congress should authorize the states to require collection, with the great objects of protecting states' rights, addressing the states' needs, and leveling the playing field for all sellers," Misener said, according to a transcript of his testimony.
But the Amazon executive argued … Read more
