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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