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> So, it American companies are imposed sales tax burdens no matter which state they're selling to

They aren't even if this bill passes; this bill allows states to tax sales into the state no matter which state they are selling from.

> wouldn't that just encourage companies like Amazon to move outside of the United States?

Amazon has already reached the point where its given up trying to relocate outside of individual states to avoid sales taxes, because the efficiency it gets from having facilities close to customers is worth more than sales tax avoidance.

So I doubt very much it would try to move out of the US for sales tax avoidance reasons.




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