New York: The Empire Tax State

You can’t create an Empire State without a little cash to go around.? The tax break looks to be coming to an end in New York.? A recently passed bill titled the “Amazon Tax” will be coming to online purchases near you – er, if you live in New York.? The New York government has decided that companies selling goods in New York should be shouldering the tax burden for the state.? This will go directly against the basic premise that is the Internet Tax Freedom Act which was created in 1998 to help the new medium to foster and grow.? Maybe the government is starting to decide its grown enough, and it wants a piece of the pie?

Check out Ars Technica for a detailed breakdown.

-nick