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Government

Jun. 2, 2011

Online Use Tax Bill Passes Assembly

Legislation that would force out-of-state, online retailers to collect a use tax passed the California Assembly 47 to 16 Tuesday and is now headed to the Senate.

By Emily Green
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Legislation that would force out-of-state, online retailers to collect a use tax passed the California Assembly 47 to 16 Tuesday and is now headed to the Senate.

Assembly Bill 185, authored by Assembly Majority Leader Charles Calderon, D-Whittier, seeks to get around a U.S. Supreme Court ruling mandating that out-of-state businesses have a physical presence in the taxing state before the state can require them to collect use ...

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