Misener

In his letter to the Board of Equalization, Mr. Misener noted that "similar legislation in other states has, counterproductively, led to job and income losses and little, if any, new tax revenue."

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"If any of these new tax collection schemes were adopted, Amazon would be compelled to end its advertising relationships with well over 10,000 California-based participants in the Amazon 'Associates Program'," wrote Paul Misener , Amazon's vice president for Global Public Policy, in a letter dated Feb. 24.

Amazon Threatens to Cut Affiliates in California Scott Morrison 2011

Mr. Misener argued that only 1% of online retailers sell more than $150,000 per year.

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Thanks to modern technology, "widespread collection no longer would be an unconstitutional burden on interstate commerce, and Congress feasibly can authorize the states to require all but the very smallest volume sellers to collect," Mr. Misener said.

Amazon Tells Lawmakers It Supports Sales Tax Kristina Peterson 2011

"No one should want these online sellers to take advantage of a newly created un-level playing field over small Main Street businesses, and no one should want government to pick business-model winners and losers this way," Mr. Misener said.

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Paul Misener , Amazon's vice president of public policy, said at a House Judicial Committee hearing Wednesday that any small-business exemption must be kept low to protect states' rights to collect taxes, while leveling the playing field between online retailers and their brick-and-mortar competitors that already collect state taxes—typically reflected as higher sticker prices.

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"Amazon strongly supports enactment of a federal bill with appropriate provisions," Mr. Misener said.

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"This legislation is counterproductive and will not cause our retail business to collect sales tax for the state," said Paul Misener, Amazon's global-policy vice president, in a statement.

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The threshold for exempting businesses "must be kept very low to attain the objectives of protecting states' rights, addressing the states' needs, and creating fairness among sellers," Mr. Misener said.

Amazon Tells Lawmakers It Supports Sales Tax Kristina Peterson 2011

Though the Seattle-based online retailing giant has clashed with several individual states this year over efforts to gather sales tax, Amazon supports "an even-handed federal framework for state sales tax collection," Paul Misener , Amazon's vice president for global public policy, said at Wednesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing.

Amazon Tells Lawmakers It Supports Sales Tax Kristina Peterson 2011