(AP) – An Arkansas Senate panel has advanced a proposal aimed
at forcing Amazon to begin collecting state sales taxes, as lawmakers eye
potential revenue from the e-commerce giant to pay for more tax cuts in two
years.
The Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee on Wednesday endorsed the proposal
requiring out-of-state sellers with no physical presence in Arkansas to begin
collecting sales taxes if they sell more than $100,000 worth of products or make
at least 200 separate sales transactions. The proposal goes before the full
Senate on Thursday.
The measure would allow Arkansas to seek court action to collect the tax
revenue from sellers.
Arkansas is among a handful of states where Amazon doesn’t have a distribution
center or office and doesn’t collect sales taxes.
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