Sometime during Governor McDonnell’s tenure Virginians began paying tax on their online purchases at Amazon.com. As a member of a family that purchases nearly everything in our house from Amazon we were not amused. [read_more]Not all states collect this tax. In fact Maryland didn’t begin collecting this tax until yesterday! Imagine that, Virginia having a tax before Maryland the state that even taxes rain! As of yesterday, 23 states collect tax for Amazon purchases. More on the story here. Oklahoma is looking better every day.
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