Larry,
I totally agree with you -- that if a company has a presence in one's
state, that sales taxes for that state should be levied upon the buyer. In your
case, Amazon.com's corporate headquarters are in Seattle, so naturally if
you live in the State of Washington you should get charged Washington State
sales taxes. BTW, their customer service is also in Seattle; I would have to
imagine too, that when you send in an email order to them, it's received in
Seattle.
Up until now though, I was referring to brick & mortor businesses which are
located only in nearby neighboring states, like NY (or PA, or DE) -- next
to NJ where I reside -- and do not have a presence in my state, when
describing how state taxation works.
Amazon.com's warehouses are located in Arizona,.Delaware, Indiana, Kansas,
Kentucky, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Texas and Ontario, Canada.
They have no warehouse in California, so they shouldn't charge any state
taxes there, nor in any other state they have no presence in. In Arkansas
though, that state passed a law requiring that Amazon. com collect sales tax for
that state. There may be other states which have done the same, however I'm
not aware of them. I think the State of Arkansas is still pushing things
past legality though, since Amazon.com is not selling from any location in
that state.
Ray </HTML>
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