Washington Post: If Trump Wants to Go After Amazon, He Has Options

Despite Trump’s complaints, Amazon started paying sales taxes in 2017 in most states after setting up warehouses across the country to expedite its delivery times. But Amazon does not collect sales taxes on goods sold by third-party vendors, and several big cities in seven states still are not collecting sales taxes at the same level as from local brick-and-mortar retailers, according to a report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a left-leaning think tank. “There is little logic in asking consumers who prefer to shop at local businesses to pay more toward funding public services than consumers who shop via their laptops or smartphones,” the report said. Read more