Governor announces deal with Amazon.com to collect sales tax on Utah purchases

Amazon.com will collect sales tax on Utah purchases, Gov. Gary Herbert announced Wednesday during a discussion of his proposed $16.1 billion state budget that calls for "aggressively" pursuing taxes owed on online purchases.

"News flash: Amazon has agreed," the governor told members of the Deseret News and KSL editorial boards. "We have been working to get a voluntary agreement with Amazon, and it looks like we’ve done that now."

By Lisa Riley Roche@dnewspolitics

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