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Amazon, Overstock Flee California in Wake of New Tax Law

July 1, 2011/

Following California Gov. Jerry Brown’s Wednesday, June 29, signing of a bill requiring out-of-state retailers to pay sales tax on online transactions conducted within the state, Amazon and Overstock.com made good on threats they’d abandon their in-state affiliate companies who offer products via the retail outlets.

By Chad Vander Veen

Full Story: http://www.govtech.com/budget-finance/Amazon-Overstock-Flee-California-New-Tax-Law.html

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