[OldDeckHand]

What is interesting is that Amazon (I believe) doesn’t have ANY actual business holdings in the state of North Carolina. Essentially, NC is asking to review the financials of a company for which it has no jurisdiction or oversight authority.

[RobRoy]

>>What is interesting is that Amazon (I believe) doesn’t have ANY actual business holdings in the state of North Carolina. Essentially, NC is asking to review the financials of a company for which it has no jurisdiction or oversight authority.<<

This. I think you have essentially nailed it. I wonder, though, how the state of NY successfully getting tobbacco tax info on people who bought mail order cigarrettes would play into this. Come to think of it, I think Washington state did the same thing.

And I believe they were successful at billing the residents for unpaid tax.

[af_vet_rr]

What is interesting is that Amazon (I believe) doesn’t have ANY actual business holdings in the state of North Carolina. Essentially, NC is asking to review the financials of a company for which it has no jurisdiction or oversight authority.

Essentially NC believes it has the right to know what residents of NC buy, read, and watch.

Then again, Obama won North Carolina, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised that such a state believes it has the right to access its residents' buying habits.