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State should tax Amazon.com

    April 25, 2012

The de facto sales-tax exemption that Congress granted to online retailers years ago has long been a sore point for Massachusetts policymakers who pine for foregone dollars, and for bricks-and-mortar retailers who labor under a built-in price disadvantage. Fortunately for Massachusetts, the mega-retailer Amazon.com is making things simple by launching an office in Kendall Square and buying the robot company Kiva Systems in North Reading.

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