![]() ![]() Amazon also collects sales tax on orders delivered to customers in specific localities in Alaska as well as certain textbook rentals sent to customers in Delaware. originally collected sales tax only from five states as of 2011, but as of April 2017 collects sales taxes from customers in all 45 states that have a state sales tax and in Washington, D.C. states have passed online shopping sales tax laws designed to compel and other e-commerce retailers to collect state and local sales taxes from its customers. Amazon's political action committee spent $214,000 during the 2010 election cycle, double what it spent for the 2008 elections. Amazon has increased political contributions to federal lawmakers. ![]() ![]() The company spent $100,000 on lobbying in 2010, although these expenses also covered other bills discussed at the same time. Amazon lobbyists met four times with members of Congress or their aides in 2010 regarding the Main Street Fairness Act. Several earlier versions of the bill also failed to advance. Similar legislation, called the Main Street Fairness Act, failed in committee in 2010. Amazon's competitors say it is insincere. Amazon has not stated a public position on the bill. As of May 2011 legislation has been introduced in Congress to allow states to impose sales taxes on sales to their residents from out-of-state. Those states include several where Amazon has a clear physical presence via distribution centers and wholly owned subsidiaries.Īmazon says it would support a federal solution to the sales tax problem as long as such legislation was fair and simple. Amazon is under increasing legal and political pressure from state governments, traditional retailers and other groups because of its refusal to collect sales tax in 41 of the 45 states with a statewide sales tax (as of March 2017). Proponents of forcing to collect sales tax-at least in states where it maintains a physical presence-argue the corporation wields an anti-competitive advantage over storefront businesses forced to collect sales tax. Amazon countered that it had an 24% effective tax rate during the same period. According to a report released by Fair Tax Mark in 2019, Amazon is the best actor of tax avoidance, having paid a 12% effective tax rate between 20, in contrast with 35% corporate tax rate in the US during the same period. Amazon's tax behaviours have been investigated in China, Germany, Poland, Sweden, South Korea, France, Japan, Ireland, Singapore, Luxembourg, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, multiple states in the United States, and Portugal. ![]()
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