Comments on: Amazon Ordered To Pay Back $119 Million In Taxes In Japan. More Tax Trouble May Be Ahead.

By: b2c

b2c — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:38:46 +0000

I don’t believe this!!!!

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Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:32:12 +0000

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By: led display

led display — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:23:02 +0000

JP has lots of Money .Don’t care about Taxes .

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Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:38:48 +0000

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By: Japan Wants Amazon to Pay $119 Million in Taxes » Shai Perednik.com

Japan Wants Amazon to Pay $119 Million in Taxes » Shai Perednik.com — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:55:52 +0000

[...] loft $119 million tax bill. Amazon has apparently been reporting the amounts in the US instead. TechCrunch explains it thusly, The way Amazon operated so far is that every time Japanese customers buy [...]

By: Jorge

Jorge — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:32:36 +0000

Subsidiary != Amazon itself being located in Cali. A subsididary is a separate company.

Amazon should pay Cali taxes b/c it has minimum contacts with Cali, specifically, that it chooses to do business with Californians through an interactive website that is more than a merely passive catalog. Amazon’s been relying on the use-tax cases for too long; if this goes to SCOTUS, it’s likely that they will find against Amazon.

By: Tax Man's Brother

Tax Man's Brother — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:37:23 +0000

What about A9 based in Palo Alto, CA? Also an Amazon company. http://www.a9.com/-/company/

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:34:34 +0000

Not good news for AMZN. Everybody has their hand out now for tax collections these days…

By: raccha

raccha — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:31:45 +0000

Clearly when they were looking for accountants to minimize their tax base, they got bad ones

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:40:15 +0000

@ Tax Man: my understanding of the law regarding sales tax was that if you sold merchandise in a brick & mortar location in California, you were subject to CA sales tax. However if the business, no matter where it’s HQ’d – be it Cupertino or Camden – has no physical retail presence in the state then CA has no claim on sales tax because the purchase was not conducted “in” CA, it was conducted via the Interwebs.

No whether or not CA tries to do away with that law, considering the Carolinas and several other states are trying to say that web affiliates are somehow equivalent to a retail presence, will be a different matter.

CA has to close the gap somehow…

By: Amazon Owes Japan 119 Million, Minimum | The Mind of Alex

Amazon Owes Japan 119 Million, Minimum | The Mind of Alex — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:26:09 +0000

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By: Amazon Owes Japan 119 Million, Minimum | Techgeist

Amazon Owes Japan 119 Million, Minimum | Techgeist — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:38:33 +0000

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Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:26:21 +0000

[...] de Amazon y se pagan allí los impuestos derivados de la transacción. Según informa Techcrunch, esta fórmula incumple los acuerdos fiscales suscritos entre Japón y Estados Unidos. Amazon está [...]

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:25:03 +0000

If you’re reading this, you owe me a 10% tax on your income for last week.

You’re not going to pay it? Just because I can’t collect and am not pointing a gun at your head?

By: Vake

Vake — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:24:45 +0000

I blame the government, not Amazon. Spending too much damn money. It’s time for some fiscal (and tax) restraint.

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By: El fisco japonés reclama 119 millones de dólares a Amazon | Top Bilbao

El fisco japonés reclama 119 millones de dólares a Amazon | Top Bilbao — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:02:22 +0000

By: Ziggy Tek

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:00:02 +0000

ehh Amazon will find a way around it. This just coming up because the economy is shit right now and the local governments could use a boost of over 100 million dollars.

http://ziggytek.com/

By: 墨尔本

墨尔本 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:48:05 +0000

Bad economy but great tax income
nice try

By: riffraff

riffraff — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:28:09 +0000

Surprised Amazon didn’t also mention Texas:

May 13, 2008 6:29 AM PDT

“Texas to force Amazon into sales tax collection?”

http://www.dall...on.378aef9.html

http://news.cne...-9942692-7.html

By: Bob Jones

Bob Jones — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:17:01 +0000

I wonder if, in the end, they’ll think that all their schemes to try avoid tax (not illegal) are worth it. Look at all the countries they’re under investigation in! The cost of paying it back & any legal fees/fines, I wonder if it ends up costing them more money than it would have to just pay the taxes you need.

Clearly when they were looking for accountants to minimize their tax base, they got pretty bad ones.

By: Tax Man

Tax Man — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:06:44 +0000

Maybe Amazon should collect sales tax in California, too?

Lab 126, the Amazon.com company that is responsible for the Kindle, located in Cupertino, California.

The Kindle was designed in California, by Californians. Sold to Californians. Used in California. To buy books, some of which were written in California, by other Californians.

Yet, no tax is paid by Californians, for Amazon.com purchases.

http://www.lab126.com/

Amazon seems to be playing fast and loose with the term “subsidiary” in California, as elsewhere…