Amazon’s ‘No Sales Tax’ Advantage Could Soon End in Massachusetts

Date: Oct 02 2012

Filed under: Amazon.com, Retail

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (Getty Images)In a move designed to level the playing field for local retailers on the cusp of the make-or-break holiday selling season, Massachusetts is maneuvering to collect state sales tax from e-tailing behemoth Amazon.com (AMZN), according to the.

Gov. Deval Patrick said the state hopes to soon seal a deal with Amazon.com that will have the online giant collect and pass on sales taxes from online purchases made by Bay State residents — one of many recent efforts to strip Internet…

Amazon’s ‘No Sales Tax’ Advantage Could Soon End in Massachusetts originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-10-01T14:00:00Z.

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