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White House: Internet sales tax ‘will level the playing field’
The White House Monday backed a Senate bill to force online retailers like Amazon and eBay to collect state and local sales taxes, hoping to end a cost disadvantage hampering bricks and mortar businesses. The bill, which was being debated in the Senate on Monday, could lead to the recouping…
Gov. Haslam: Internet sales tax ‘an issue of fairness’
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam (R) on Tuesday urged Congress to pass an Internet sales tax, which he said would allow states to level the playing field for local businesses. “Let me be clear – I am a Republican governor that does not believe in increasing taxes,” he said at a…
Sen. Reid says Internet sales tax could pass in 2012
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) believes that Congress could pass an Internet sales tax this year, allowing states to collect sales taxes from online businesses that have no physical presence there. Reid said the legislation was “very fair” and would “help these little strip malls we have all over…
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