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President Donald Trump has railed against Amazon, falsely claiming the company fails to pay state and local sales taxes on online shipments. But it turns out the Trump Organization retail website collects sales taxes only on goods shipped to two states while Amazon collects sales taxes in 45 states.
The TrumpStore.com website sells Trump-labeled glassware, baseball caps, luggage tags, spa slippers and key chains, among several other items. It collects sales tax only on orders shipped to buyers in Florida and Louisiana, according to the companys own website, The Wall Street Journal was the first to point out on Friday.
TrumpStore.com, which touts itself as the official retail website of the The Trump Organization, doesnt even pay sales taxes on its online shipments in New York, according to the information on its site. Its physical store and headquarters are located in the Trump Tower in Manhattan.
Trump, who maintains his ownership of the Trump Organization even while president, has been slamming Amazon on Twitter for dodging sales taxes. He has called it a no-tax company and has blasted Amazon for paying little or no taxes to state & local governments.
According to regulatory filings, Amazon paid a combined total of $412 million in federal, state, local and foreign taxes last year. In 2015, it paid $273 million. Amazon currently charges consumers sales taxes in all 45 states where such taxes exist, plus Washington, D.C. All states except Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon collect sales tax.
Amazon doesnt have to pay all those taxes. A 1992 Supreme Court ruling effectively restricts states from forcing online retailers to pay state and local sales taxes if the company has no physical presence or employees in the state.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-store-only-pays-taxes-to-2-states_us_5ac95a99e4b09d0a11946b1c
yonder
(9,666 posts)oxbow
(2,034 posts)It seems like everything spanky rails against is something he does himself. Its an open question whether its because of an unconscious compulsion or simply because hes so sleazy that he cant help but attack himself 9 times out of 10 when calling someone else out on ANYTHING
BlueMTexpat
(15,369 posts)doing is something that he is doing, has done or intends to do. He is the Projectionist-in-Chief!
struggle4progress
(118,295 posts)The proper response is to talk about him, and not about amazon
pwb
(11,276 posts)fescuerescue
(4,448 posts)Typically that is buildings and employees. Amazon can't avoid it, given it massive size now.
The odd thing is, if you don't have that Nexus, then you CANNOT collect taxes in that locality.
However I'm sure that Trump being President, could perform an executive order, forcing the Trump website to pay taxes in all 50.