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Amazon sues New York over law requiring collection of sales tax for online purchases

ALBANY, New York: Amazon.com is suing New York over a new law that requires out-of-state online companies to collect sales tax from shoppers in New York.

Amazon Sues New York Over Sales Tax Law

Amazon.com has sued New York State, over a law which forces online retailers to collect sales tax on shipments to the state. Amazon filed the complaint last Friday in the State Supreme Court in Manhattan. The move comes after the approval of a section of the New York State Tax Law which requires Internet retailers -- including those who do not have a physical presence in the state -- to collect taxes on behalf of the state. In particular, the law targets affiliates of Amazon.com and other e-commerce retailers, claiming that a retailer must collect taxes if they use any "in-state entity" to directly or indirectly refer customers to a retailer. The lawsuit (AMAZON.COM LLC and AMAZON SERVICES, LLC. vs. NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE), challenges the constitutionality of N.

Amazon Sues NY Over The "Amazon Tax"

The State of New York enacted a statute requiring Amazon.com to collect NY sales taxes on orders going to New York State residents. Technically, all Internet sales have long been subject to sales tax; the NY consumer was supposed to report such purchases and pay tax on them. You can imagine how little tax was collected by relying on consumers to drop a dime on themselves on their yearly tax returns. So New York decided to make it Amazon's problem to keep track of and collect taxes from New York residents. How did they turn Amazon into a New York retailer overnight?

Amazon sues New York over law requiring collection of sales tax for online purchases

Amazon.com is suing New York over a new law that requires out-of-state online companies to collect sales tax from shoppers in New York.

Amazon sues New York over law requiring collection of sales tax for online purchases

Amazon.com is suing New York over a new law that requires out-of-state online companies to collect sales tax from shoppers in New York.

Amazon.com Sues New York State over New Tax Law

Amazon.com sued the state of New York and its governor over its new tax law, called by some the "Amazon Tax." The law claims that Internet retailers with affiliates residing in New York must collect New York sales tax because those affiliates count as a physical presence, a claim Amazon rejects.

Amazon sues New York over law requiring collection of sales tax for online purchases

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Amazon.com is suing New York over a new law that requires out-of-state online companies to collect sales tax from shoppers in New York.

Amazon.com sues New York over sales tax law

Charging that New York State’s recently amended sales tax law is “invalid, illegal and unconstitutional,” and that it unfairly targets Amazon.com, the retailer has filed suit in the state’s Supreme Court to overturn the law. The new law would require Amazon, and potentially some other online retailers, to pay taxes on online purchases by New York residents.

Amazon sues New York over sales tax for online purchases (11:23 a.m.)

ALBANY, New York -- Amazon.com is suing New York over a new law that requires out-of-state online companies to collect sales tax from shoppers in New York.

Overstock.com sues New York state over new online sales-tax law

Overstock.com, the online seller of excess inventory, sued New York state over a new law requiring more Web retailers to collect sales tax on shipments to residents in the state. The suit, filed Friday in state Supreme Court in Manhattan, challenges the constitutionality of a statute requiring Web companies with no physical presence in New York to collect taxes. Salt Lake City-based Overstock.com seeks a court order declaring the statute unconstitutional.

Amazon Fights Back Against NY Online Sales Tax

The New York Times is reporting on Amazon's lawsuit contesting the recently enacted New York state law which requires online retail outlets to collect sales tax on items sold to the state's residents. Amazon disagrees that it should be required to collect such tax without a physical presence in the state. We discussed the 'Amazon Tax' last month. Quoting: "The new law is based on a novel definition of what constitutes a presence in the state: It includes any Web site based in the state that earns a referral fee for sending customers to an online retailer. Amazon has hundreds of thousands of affiliates--from big publishers to tiny blogs--that feature links to its products. It says thousands of those have given an address in New York State, although it does not verify the addresses.

Amazon sues New York over tax for online purchases

Amazon.com is suing New York over a new law that requires out-of-state online companies to collect sales tax from shoppers in New York.

Amazon.com Sues New York State Over the Amazon Tax

I wrote earlier about New York’s so-called “Amazon Tax,� which would force e-tailers to collect sales tax on purchases made by New York State residents. In the past sales tax collection has only been required of retailers who had a physical presence in a state.

Amazon sues NY over Internet sales tax collection

NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Amazon.com is suing New York over a new law that requires out-of-state online companies to collect sales tax from shoppers in New York.

Amazon Tells NY Tax Man to Take a Hike

Amazon believes New York's Internet Sale Tax Collection law is unconstitutional, and it's taking its argument to court. The law requires e-commerce vendors with any presence whatsoever in New York to pay sales tax on all purchases made by New York residents. Amazon says the law considers independently operating, New York-based sites that post links to Amazon products as engaging in active solicitation.

Overstock.com sues New York over Internet tax law

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Overstock.com said on Friday it filed a lawsuit to challenge a New York law requiring Internet retailers to collect and pay New York state taxes on sales to New York consumers even if the retailer does not have a physical presence in New York.

Overstock.com sues New York over Internet tax law

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Overstock.com said on Friday it filed a lawsuit to challenge a New York law requiring Internet retailers to collect and pay New York state taxes on sales to New York consumers even if the retailer does not have a physical presence in New York.

Nexus perplexes: Amazon sues New York over new sales tax law

(Reuters)—Amazon.com has sued the state of New York, challenging a new statute requiring Internet retailers based elsewhere to collect New York sales taxes.

Amazon Sues New York Over Internet Tax

Amazon has filed a lawsuit in New York contesting a controversial new state law requiring some online retailers to collect sales tax on purchases shipped to New York's residents, even if they have no offices or employees there.

Amazon sues NY over Internet sales tax collection

Amazon.com is suing New York over a new law that requires out-of-state online companies to collect sales tax from shoppers in New York.

Amazon sues NY over Internet sales tax collection

Amazon.com is suing New York over a new law that requires out-of-state online companies to collect sales tax from shoppers in New York.

Amazon sues NY over Internet sales tax collection

Amazon.com is suing New York over a new law that requires out-of-state online companies to collect sales tax from shoppers in New York.

Amazon sues NY over Internet sales tax collection

Amazon.com is suing New York over a new law that requires out-of-state online companies to collect sales tax from shoppers in New York.

Amazon sues NY over Internet sales tax collection (AP)

AP - Amazon.com is suing New York over a new law that requires out-of-state online companies to collect sales tax from shoppers in New York.

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