Gazette:
"Goodbye and good riddance forever."
Thank God and the founders for checks and balances and a federal court system that sometimes defends free trade.
Back in 2010, then-Gov. Bill Ritter, D-Colo., signed into law a bill passed by the Colorado Legislature that instantly cost thousands of Coloradans their livelihoods. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Robert Blackburn tossed it out.
The infamous Amazon Tax represented an arrogant attempt by state government to profit from Internet transactions. The bill, passed in February of 2010, required online retailers to collect sales taxes or provide summaries of Colorado Web purchases and contact customers to explain the taxes they owed to their government. It meant two things for online retailers: 1. They would collect taxes that would make their pricing noncompetitive, as online sales already generate shipping costs; or 2. Companies would have to divulge to the state the private purchases of customers. Either was unworkable...."
Read more: http://www.gazette.com/articles/colorado-136210-amazon-online.html#ixzz1r5mHlOk9
"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
1 comment:
This is long overdue. Wonder how long it will take for Amazon to get Colorado back up and running. Those of us who supplement our incomes by internet based businesses really need it to hurry. Worst thing Ritter did in office and that's saying a lot.
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