The California State Assembly yesterday passed a bill that requires Web retailers such as Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O)to collect sales tax on purchases made online.
The bill was approved 50-18, Tom White, chief of staff to Majority Leader Charles Calderon, a Democrat, told Reuters. The bill, which needed 41 votes to pass, now will be sent to the Senate.
The bill stipulates that online retailers with a physical presence, including "affiliates" -- independent Web operators who get a fee for directing traffic to Amazon if it yields a sale -- must collect sales tax from sales made to California residents.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said at a conference in Yonkers, New York, that Amazon "will continue to drop states who pass those affiliate laws, from the affiliate program."
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