Online Giant Looks to Avoid Sales Taxes<\/i><\/p>\n
by Brian Leubitz<\/p>\n
Amazon has been publicly piling money into a campaign fund to halt the new legislation that would force them to collect sales taxes. But, if they could avoid a big fight with California’s brick and mortar retailers by pulling a quick deal, they’d prefer it. One of the ways they’ve done that in a few other states is to promise some jobs in the state as long as they aren’t taxed. Queue the rumors of a deal here:<\/p>\n
While discussions are still preliminary, sources said legislative leaders have received an Amazon-inspired plan that would give the online retailer a two-year moratorium on the new tax. In return, Amazon would bring 7,000 jobs to the state, these sources said.(SacBee<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Obviously, the retailers are none too pleased, with good justification. They are facing an uphill battle against a company that has a 8-9% price advantage right off the top. Whether this actually amounts to a) any new jobs or b) <\/p>\n
The problem with this is that Amazon is just shifting jobs from state to state for these deals. It is a race to the bottom, while brick and mortar retailers continue to lose out, and our main streets continue to look bleaker and bleaker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Online Giant Looks to Avoid Sales Taxes<\/i><\/p>\n
by Brian Leubitz<\/p>\n
Amazon has been publicly piling money into a campaign fund to halt the new legislation that would force them to collect sales taxes. But, if they could avoid a big fight with California’s brick and mortar retailers by pulling a quick deal, they’d prefer it. One of the ways they’ve done that in a few other states is to promise some jobs in the state as long as they aren’t taxed. Queue the rumors of a deal here:<\/p>\n