Amazon.com to begin collecting PA sales tax
From the CENTRE DAILY / AP:
Beginning Saturday, Amazon.com Inc. will start collecting Pennsylvania sales tax on orders that are shipped to the state, a spokesman said Wednesday.
The online retail giant had previously refused to register to collect Pennsylvania’s 6 percent levy on its orders. But a spokesman said the company reversed itself because a state directive requiring it takes effect Saturday.
“We believe that customers (in Pennsylvania) will continue to come to Amazon because we offer the best prices with or without sales tax,” said the spokesman, Scott Stanzel…
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Longtime and loyal customer of Amazon.com to stop buying from them as of Saturday…
This is actually not all that surprising. It was bound to happen as more and more people look to online services to buy things. This is especially true as many times we are looking for something in particular and you can ‘only’ get it on places like Amazon.com. Sooner or later, the states were going to start screaming over not getting their share of the money in the form of sales tax once they realized the boon of business online.
Despite all of this, I don’t plan on ceasing business with them. While the additional money is an inconvenience, it’s moreso when you can’t find what you are looking for in stores because they don’t carry it for whatever reason.