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Yahoo! Philippines News - Latest Philippines News & International News Headlines: "Amazon tax" payoff starts to arrive in some U.S. states

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"Amazon tax" payoff starts to arrive in some U.S. states
Feb 20th 2013, 11:06

File of a driver delivering two packages from Amazon.com in Boston, Massachusetts(Reuters) - Sales tax from Internet commerce, a prize pursued for years by U.S. state governments, is starting to arrive in California and a few other states, providing millions of dollars in new revenue, though not as much as a benchmark study once forecast. After fighting hard to get e-tailers such as Amazon.com Inc to start charging sales tax, and eventually passing a law requiring collection, the California Board of Equalization reported last week it took in $96.4 million in September-December 2012, its first full quarter of collections. ...


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