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New Jersey shoppers to pay tax on Amazon purchases starting next July

New Jersey shoppers to pay tax on Amazon purchases starting next July Created by MG3 on Jun 01, 2012

Amazon will get a yearlong break from having to collect sales tax on its New Jersey orders. A new deal announced yesterday (May 30th) will see the company build two new distribution centers in the state, together worth about $130 million. In the US, an online retailer is required to collect sales tax in states where it has a physical presence, but this deal will let Amazon off the hook until July, 2013. New Jersey will be joining the likes of tax-collecting states Kansas, Kentucky, New York, North Dakota, Washington, and beginning in July of this year, Texas. »read more

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