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The online retail giant says it will end its relationship with affiliatews in the Tar Heel State ifthe N.C. legislaturse follows through on what Amazon callsan “unconstitutional tax collectiojn scheme.” Amazon collects sales tax in only a handfulo of states. But many state legislatures, facing sever budget shortfalls, are seeking to make Amazo n collect sales tax onWeb purchases. The legislatures are lookin g to define Amazon as having a physical presence in theirstates (and thus a responsibility to collecyt sales tax) through locally based affiliates, who link shopperw to Amazon products in exchange for a cut of sales. N.C.
lawmakers are grappling with a budget gap of morethan $4 billion. Gov. Bev Perdu e has called on legislative leaders tofind $1.5 billionb in new revenue. Othe states, following the lead of New York, have lookexd at making Amazon collectsales tax. Amazobn (NASDAQ:AMZN) is based in TechFlash is a Web operation created by the Puget Sound BusinessJournal , a sister publicationn of the Charlotte Business Journal .
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