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Re:California wants to end Cupertino's tax deal with Apple by FireBeyond on Monday November 06, 2023 @12:00PM (#38165169)
Uh, no? This entire article is how Apple declares all online sales to have happened in Cupertino, regardless of where the buyer is.

Amazon doesn't do that, they say the sale happened where the buyer is.

B&H does the same.

Apple says "it happened in Cupertino, so we'll pay taxes related to Cupertino and our special tax agreement with Cupertino".

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Re:California wants to end Cupertino's tax deal with Apple by lotsofpulp on Monday November 06, 2023 @12:02PM (#38165198)
That is a California specific situation that applies to California taxes and California’s local governments’ portion of those taxes. If you are in any state, Apple still collects and remits sales tax for that state.

Amazon/B&H example was that they were not collecting sales taxes in states they did not have a physical presence in, until the South Dakota Wayfair ruling.

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