Re:Amazon and Google are on a collision course
by freefrancisco on Wednesday May 08, 2013 @05:47PM
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Amazon supported the Internet tax. It would be poetic justice if Google provided a free to use tax and shipment calculation to all merchants if/when that becomes law. Then Google would be able to help users find what they want and sort it by final price, including shipping and taxes. That might be the missing piece that gets all merchants giving Google the information it needs to allow users to do that.
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Re:Amazon and Google are on a collision course
by jaynos on Wednesday May 08, 2013 @06:19PM
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I think Amazon will still be able to compete in this scenario. They can (and will have to) calculate sales tax. Plus, the tax will be based on the state that I reside in, not the state that the merchant resides in, so there won't be any "gaming the system" to find the lowest price.