Amazon lawsuit over sales tax is dismissed
New York state has won a round in court in opposition to Amazon.com over a new body of rules requiring out-of-state online companies to accumulate sales tax from shoppers in New York.
The law applies to companies that don’t have offices in New York, but have at least one person in the rank who works as an online agent — someone who links to a Web site and receives commissions on this account that related sales.
A state Supreme Court justice in Manhattan is dismissing the suit challenging the constitutionality of the legislation, saying Amazon had no basis for legal play.
Officials at Amazon didn’t immediately return calls for comment. The company sued be unconsumed year and could still appeal.
Officials set a price on the state would gain about $50 a thousand thousand from the charge.
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