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Overstock.com Challenges Constitutionality of New York's Internet Tax Law

SALT LAKE CITY, May 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Overstock.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSTK) announced today that it has filed a lawsuit challenging New York's new tax law that requires internet retailers to collect and pay to the New York state tax on their New York sales despite the fact that the retailer has no physical presence or nexus in New York.

The controversial new law attempts to redefine the relationship that internet retailers have with their New York-based advertising affiliates by requiring that when those affiliates solicit customers, the internet retailers collect and pay sales and use tax from all their New York customers.
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Dear Borders.com/Waldenbooks.com teamed with Amazon.com Customer:
Because you're a customer of Borders.com/Waldenbooks.com teamed with Amazon.com, we'd like to alert you to news about a change in our relationship.

Starting May 31, 2008, the Borders.com/Waldenbooks.com website will no longer be associated with Amazon.com. If you place an order for an available item from the Borders.com/Waldenbooks.com website powered by Amazon.com before May 31, 2008, Amazon.com will fulfill that order and provide any necessary customer service associated with that order. If you have any questions about an open order, you can view your order information in Your Account on Amazon.com or find more information on our Help pages here:
www.amazon.com/help

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Important Message to Our New York Customers
May 23, 2008

Dear Valued Newegg Customer,

As a result of recent changes in the State of New York Tax Law requiring certain out-of-state retailers to collect and remit sales taxes to the State of New York, we regrettably inform you that Newegg.com must begin collecting applicable state and local sales tax for all orders shipped to New York addresses on or after June 1, 2008.

Qualified business customers can continue to use the Newegg.com Sales Tax Exempt Form.

We value our relationship with you and all of our New York customers. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this change in New York law and assure you that we will continue to work hard to offer you the best prices, fastest shipping and award winning customer service you deserve.

We look forward to continuing to provide you with the premier online shopping experience for all of your IT and Consumer Electronics needs.

Sincerely,

Bernard Luthi
Newegg.com
Company Spokesperson and
Vice President of Merchandising

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Sales Tax Requirements

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Items Shipped to New York State
Effective June 1, 2008, Amazon.com LLC will begin collecting sales tax on items shipped to destinations within the State of New York as New York has enacted a new law requiring out-of-state sellers to collect and remit sales tax based on advertising. Amazon has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of this provision. However, as required by the law, we must still begin collecting New York sales tax beginning on that date.

Please note that if you place an order prior to June 1, 2008, your Order Total may not include an estimate of New York sales taxes, but those taxes may still be charged if your order is readied for shipment on or after that date.

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Amazon.com sues N.Y. over new online sales tax
Posted by Anne Broache
May 2, 2008 6:39 AM PDT

As expected, Amazon.com is hitting back at New York over a new law requiring it and other online retailers to collect sales taxes from customers residing in that state.

In a complaint filed last Friday, Amazon.com asked the New York State Supreme Court to declare the recently-passed law "invalid, illegal, and unconstitutional." (Wired.com, which reported the lawsuit earlier this week, has posted a PDF of the document.)
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Many observers have speculated that the law will be challenged, pointing to a 1992 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that said out-of-state retailers could not be required to collect sales tax unless they had a brick-and-mortar presence in a state.

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'Amazon Tax' Lands in New York
April 10, 2008
By Kenneth Corbi

Controversial new law shifts collection requirement to online retailers in a move that other states could follow, but legal uncertainties abound.

With the passage of the hotly debated state budget last night, New York legislators approved a bill that will require many online retailers to begin collecting sales taxes on purchases shipped to the state, even if they have no operations or employees working there.

New York Governor David Paterson is widely expected to sign the measure.

The so-called "Amazon tax" closes a loophole for Internet retailers who derive sales through affiliate programs in which Web site owners place a link to the merchant on their site and earn a commission on sales made from referrals. In lobbying for the bill, the industry group representing New York retailers had argued that the exemption from the sales-tax collection requirement gave out-of-state online retailers an unfair competitive advantage.
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