TFT has supported and continues to support the revenue-generating measure of sales tax collection on online and out-of-state sales. In 2011, we promote the Out-of-State Sales Tax Act to ensure the state collects this much needed revenue (approximately $300 million) and to boost local, small businesses who are currently at a disadvantage due to this disparity in tax enforcement that gives big retailers an unfair advantage.
But for Amazon, the game has changed with their distribution centers in Chattanooga and Hamilton County, for which they already received a more-than-generous incentive package.
See the full story in today's Tennessean here:
http://www.tennessean.com/comments/article/20110129/BUSINESS01/101290348/Amazon-shouldn-t-get-free-pass-stores-say
To join TFT and the burgeoning movement of local businesses asking Amazon to collect the sales tax, go here and copy and paste the following or your own message into the Message Box:
"Please support local businesses and revenue enhancement in Tennessee by supporting the Out-of-State Sales Tax Act and by requiring Amazon to collect sales tax now that it has located a distribution center in the state. This could bring approximately $300 million in much-needed revenue to Tennessee - a solution we can't afford to ignore as we face an ongoing revenue crisis and residents have been faced with cuts in programs and services just when we need them the most.
Amazon should be a good corporate citizen and follow the same rules our small, local businesses are required to follow. I would appreciate your support of progressive revenue enhancements like the Out-of-State Sales Tax Act and your efforts to ensure Amazon is required to collect sales tax. Thank you."
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