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Amazon insists on tax breaks that help it compete against other retailers

By Frank Knapp / Taxation / April 25, 2011

The editorial below is from the Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Amazon insists on tax breaks that help it compete against other retailers Sunday, April 24, 2011 Imagine you own a small retail business. You’ve been selling books, cameras, auto parts or some other product for years. You’ve earned your clientele, paid your taxes and hired local employees. In the […]

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Amazon.com wins round 1

By Frank Knapp / State Government, Taxation / April 20, 2011

The Senate Finance Committee room was packed yesterday by Lexington County supporters of Amazon.com’s request to be exempted from collecting sales tax for sales made to South Carolina residents in exchange for building a new distribution center in that county. The room was also filled with lobbyists hired by Amazon.com to move its legislation forward.

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Amazon’s tantrum

By Frank Knapp / State Government, Taxation / April 19, 2011

Last week legislation was introduced in both the South Carolina House and Senate to exempt Amazon.com from collecting sales tax on sales to South Carolina residents from its proposed distribution center in Lexington County. The bills have an uphill fight. My earlier blogs lay out the arguments against the Amazon deal:April 5th–Selling Small Businesses down the

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Amazon.com’s business plan revealed

By Frank Knapp / State Government, Taxation / April 8, 2011

Amazon.com is scared. Scared that if it is forced to follow the laws that apply to every other small business retailer, it can’t compete. Not only here in South Carolina, but across the country. So the business plan of the company is to force states to make exceptions to tax laws. Amazon does this by

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