Note: Like California doesn't have enough regulations. Can't get a Berkey Water Filter in this state, but we could be taxed if we have a small on-line business in this New Economy!
The state of California could collect more than $1
billion a year by taxing Amazon and other online retailers if a bill
approved by the Assembly becomes law.
Assemblyman
Charles Calderon, a Democrat from Whittier, says his legislation doesn't
impose a new sales tax, but extends one that California should already
have been enforcing.
AB155 passed, 47-16, with the support of one GOP lawmaker Tuesday. It now heads to the Senate.
Other
Republicans rejected the bill because they said it would invite
lawsuits, drive business out of California, and get the state entangled
in the messy task of regulating the Internet.
The measure
extends the sales tax to online companies that have a presence in the
state, including those that work with sister companies with offices in
California.
