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Freitag, 6. April 2018

Amazon Study Reveals Explosive Growth of Third-Party Sales, Sales Tax Avoidance / BTW Apr 04, 2018

A new report from the American Booksellers Association (ABA) and Civic Economics reveals the continuing — and increasing — loss of jobs and essential state and municipal revenue as a result of the growing retail dominance of Amazon.com. The report documents both Amazon’s sales and, for the first time, the explosive growth of sales through its third-party Marketplace from 2014 to 2016. And the report makes clear that Amazon’s sales tax avoidance strategy has continued despite well-publicized agreements with American states.
“This important new study reaffirms ABA’s commitment to document the growing negative impact Amazon has on the overall U.S. economy,” said ABA CEO Oren Teicher. “It makes clear that while Main Street retailers won a significant victory when Amazon began collecting sales tax, the accelerating growth of its third-party sellers has continued to rob cities and towns of needed sales tax revenue. This shortfall cuts the revenue necessary for schools, first responders, and infrastructure, and continues the shift of billions of dollars of retail away from Main Street, causing a staggering loss of jobs to the U.S. economy.” ... [mehr] http://www.bookweb.org/news/amazon-study-reveals-explosive-growth-third-party-sales-sales-tax-avoidance-103728

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