PHOENIX (AP) - Online retailer Amazon says it has agreed to settle a sales tax dispute with the state of Arizona and will begin collecting the state's 6.6% tax on product sales in the state on Feb. 1. Tax on digital sales will be collected beginning in July.
Amazon disclosed the settlement in a note contained in its quarterly earnings report filed with securities regulators on Friday.
Arizona sent the Seattle-based company a $53 million bill in November 2011 for sales taxes and interest on sales that it did not collect between March 2006 and Jan. 1, 2011. The company disputed that it was required to collect the tax on behalf of the state and cities.
Gov. Jan Brewer's spokesman says she's pleased with the settlement.
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A Scottsdale restaurant is trying to repair its image after a disastrous appearance on the FOX TV show Kitchen Nightmares. It led to a worldwide backlash.
A Scottsdale restaurant is trying to repair its image after a disastrous appearance on the FOX TV show Kitchen Nightmares. It led to a worldwide backlash.
Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture says a Louisiana-based meat packing company has expanded a recall of meat products because of possible bacterial contamination.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says a Louisiana-based meat packing company has expanded a recall of meat products because of possible bacterial contamination.
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It used to be doctors made house calls. Those days are long gone -- or are they? A Scottsdale company called "Stat Doctors" is pioneering a way for doctors to make virtual house calls.
