It's obvious according to the spirit and letter of the law that Amazon should be charged sales tax because of the distribution center in Irving. If that is not a physical presence, I don't know what is. Amazon has counted on the corporate friendly administration here that Texas would want the jobs more than the tax money and not enforce the law. Unfortunately for them, now Texas needs the money, so Texas is pressing the case, and so Amazon is pulling out (or at least using that threat to get a better deal).
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