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To: SmithL
Amazon is in a trickier position in California than they have been before. I haven't read the law, but other articles state that it doesn't just apply to the main company and any sales associates, but to subsidiaries too. Amazon's subsidiaries (although I might have the exact business relationship wrong) like Internet Movie Database and and Lab126 (the maker of the Kindle) are based in California. This makes California's claims different than those from the Quill vs. North Dakota which outlawed interstate sales tax collection without a business nexus. Do IMDB and Lab126 give Amazon a business nexus in California? I don't really know, but Amazon's lawyers better be working overtime on this issue.
8 posted on 07/03/2011 4:00:14 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! Tea Party extremism is a badge of honor.)
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To: KarlInOhio

‘Do IMDB and Lab126 give Amazon a business nexus in California? I don’t really know, but Amazon’s lawyers better be working overtime on this issue.”

Amazon has a very simple remedy for this problem. Amazon like thousands of other companies can relocate their subsidiaries. Amazon is probably contemplating this move immediately after the law was signed.

I feel bad for the good conservatives in California. This once economic powerhouse has been reduced to a beggar state, focused on confiscation of property to meet the unending demands of government workers, illegal aliens, and environmentalists. The demise of California unfortunately is also the demise of the entire country at least to some extent.


12 posted on 07/03/2011 4:08:39 PM PDT by businessprofessor
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To: KarlInOhio
Or, IMDb and Lab126 just move to Nevada or some more business friendly state.

If there is a connection between Amazon.com and these two businesses, it's time to say “hasta la vista, Commiefornia.”

Let Amazon, IMDb, Lab126, and Overstock move out and take their jobs and tax “contributions” with them to where the business climate is friendly.

18 posted on 07/03/2011 4:43:16 PM PDT by MasterGunner01 (To err is human; to forgive is not our policy. -- SEAL Team SIX)
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To: KarlInOhio

I’ve read there’s a case regarding the Current mail order company and its subsidiaries which backs Amazon’s position.


36 posted on 07/03/2011 7:09:29 PM PDT by GOPrincess
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To: KarlInOhio

I’ve read there’s a case regarding the Current mail order company and its subsidiaries which backs Amazon’s position.


37 posted on 07/03/2011 7:09:41 PM PDT by GOPrincess
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