Republican governors, eager for new revenue to ease budget
strains, are dropping their longtime opposition to imposing sales taxes on
online purchases, a significant political shift that could soon bring an end to
tax-free sales on the Internet, the WSJ reports.
Conservative governors, joining their Democratic
counterparts, have been making deals with online retail giant Amazon.com to
collect state sales taxes. The movement picked up an important ally when New
Jersey Gov. Chris Christie—widely mentioned as a potential vice-presidential
candidate—recently reached an agreement under which Amazon would collect sales
taxes on his state's online purchases in exchange for locating distribution
facilities there….
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