Amazon to Collect Sales Tax in Nevada

Amazon has reached an agreement with the state of Nevada to begin collecting sales taxes on purchases shipped to the state. According to the agreement between Amazon and the Nevada Department of Taxation, Amazon.com will voluntarily begin to collect and remit Nevada sales tax beginning January 1, 2014. Amazon will collect the sales and use tax in the same manner as traditional brick and mortar retailers. Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval said the state would work together with Amazon for immediate enactment of federal legislation that would create a "simplified and equitable framework for sales tax collection." Sandoval said in