Originally Posted By: Lilo
[quote=olivant]Texas sends $269 million bill to Amazon.com for uncollected sales taxes

11:31 PM CDT on Friday, October 22, 2010 By MARIA HALKIAS / The Dallas Morning News

Texas has sent Amazon.com Inc. a $269 million bill for uncollected sales taxes on purchases made by state residents from the Seattle-based Internet superstore over a four-year period.

Now that Texas has gotten tough with the No. 1 online retailer, other states could be tempted to pile on with their own assessments as local governments face huge shortfalls, analysts said. Recent estimates put Texas' two-year budget shortfall at as much as $21 billion
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Can Amazon legally tell Texas "We're gonna mess with Texas and there's nothing you can do about it?" What does the law require?


Texas law is pretty comprehesive about the application and payment of sales tax. There is also federal law that may allow a retailer to pay a lump sum sort of in lieu of sales tax.

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