4/26: NC's war over taxes with Amazon escalates

Stateline: NC's war over taxes with Amazon escalates

A tax war has been sparked by states, such as North Carolina and Colorado, which are taking steps to collect taxes from online retailers such as Amazon.

Last week, Amazon sued North Carolina after the state's Department of Revenue asked the company to release the names and addresses of its North Carolina customers - information that the state would need to collect unpaid taxes. With as many as 15 other cash-strapped states considering whether to pass Amazon taxes of their own, there's a lot of attention directed toward the NC case.

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