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Senate bill lets states tax Internet purchases
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attention online shoppers: The days of tax-free shopping on the Internet may soon end for many of you. The Senate is scheduled to vote Monday on a bill that would empower states to collect sales taxes for purchases made over...
Tags: National Retail Federation, Dick Durbin, Crime, Law and Justice, eBay Inc., Target
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Michigan lawmakers target Internet sales taxes
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers are pushing measures aimed at going after the hundreds of millions of dollars in outstanding taxes each year from sales over the Internet, but they may have to wait for a federal measure to pass for the...
Tags: Rick Snyder, Crime, Law and Justice, eBay Inc., Computing and Information Technology Industry, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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GOP senators block Ind. online sales tax proposal
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republicans headed off a scheduled state Senate vote Thursday on a bill aimed at forcing Amazon.com and some other online-only retailers to start collecting Indiana's 7 percent sales tax this summer. The bill that cleared the...Tags: Republican Party, Executive Branch, Amazon.com Inc., Parties and Movements, Mitch Daniels
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Senators stalling Ind. online sales tax proposal
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Some key state senators are stalling a bill that would make Amazon.com and other online-only retailers start collecting Indiana's 7 percent sales tax this summer. The Indiana House voted overwhelmingly last month in favor of...Tags: Luke Kenley, Amazon.com Inc., Mitch Daniels
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Hot issues at Indiana Statehouse
A look at the status of major legislation before the Indiana General Assembly this year: BIG-TICKET ITEMS — STATE SPENDING: The House approved a two-year, $30 billion budget that increases school spending by 2 percent the first year and 1...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Politics, Republican Party, Mitch Daniels, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
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Mich. GOP pushes for 6 pct. sales tax for online sales
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Republican lawmakers are working to make online retailers collect the same sales taxes as brick-and-mortar businesses. Republican Reps. Eileen Kowall of White Lake and Rob VerHuelen of Walker introduced "The Main... -
Small business owners support online sales tax plan
WSBT-TVSOUTH BEND - Nothing irks Jack St. Pierre more than when someone comes into his shop, looks at one of his cameras, asks a bunch of questions, then goes home and buys the thing online. "Don't get me started," said St. Pierre, owner of Gene’s Camera...Tags: Hobbies, Photography Supplies and Services, Lifestyle and Leisure, Photography and Video, Amazon.com Inc.
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Proposal would move up online Ind. sales tax collection
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two lawmakers say they plan to introduce legislation in the new year that would require Amazon.com and other online-only retailers with a presence in Indiana to begin collecting sales tax on July 1, 2013, six months earlier...
Tags: Sales, Amazon.com Inc., Mitch Daniels, Small Businesses, Taxation
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Cyber Monday likely to be busiest online sales day
NEW YORK (AP) — Black Friday is a distant memory. Small Business Saturday is long gone. Now, it's Cyber Monday's turn. Cyber Monday, coined in 2005 by a shopping trade group that noticed a spike in online sales on the Monday after Thanksgiving...
Tags: Holidays, Sears, National Retail Federation, Apple iPad, Queens (New York City)
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Stores borrow from fast-food industry's playbook
NEW YORK (AP) — This holiday season, Burger King won't be the only place where you can have it your way. It used to be enough for stores to promise discounts of up to 70 percent off to lure shoppers during the busy holiday shopping season. But the...
Tags: National Retail Federation, Google Inc., Target, Forrester Research Incorporated, Nordstrom
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Holiday sales to rise 4.1 percent
Associated PressNEW YORK – Americans are expected to spend more during what's traditionally the busiest shopping season of the year, but they're not exactly ready to shop 'til they drop like they have been in the past two years. The National Retail Federation, the...Tags: Toys "R" Us, Inc., Credit and Debt, Holidays, Credit Ratings, National Retail Federation
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South Bend makes list of 'smart' cities
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND -- City officials and local businesses have put millions of dollars on the line to develop South Bend's technology sector. Time will tell if those investments pay off in jobs and economic growth, but the buzz is building around local tech...Tags: Public Officials, Government, Politics
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