Amazon shoppers will probably pay sales tax on more oftheir purchases this holiday season.
Right now, consumers pay tax on goods purchased directly fromAmazon, but they don't in many cases if they buy fromthird-party merchants on the e-commerce giant's marketplace. Thatcould change on Dec. 1, when some merchants are expected to startcollecting taxes in exchange for partial amnesty from back taxes inabout half of U.S. states—among them Florida, New Jersey andTexas.
The deadline to apply for the multistate offer is Oct. 17, andit's not clear how many merchants will sign on. Because so manyhave complained about the tight timeline, the states are holding ameeting on Wednesday to decide whether to extend the deadline.
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