Amazon shows New Jersey a thing or two about traffic
The fury of activity and commerce that constitutes Amazon holiday fulfillment means frenzied business as usual for those intimately involved in the retail giant’s warehouse division. The company hires thousands of part-time workers… Read more »
Amazon Anonymous shames Amazon’s tax dodging ways in new spoof ad
Amazon Anonymous—the anti-Amazon campaigning group—celebrated ‘Cyber Monday’ in a unique way this year. The collective hired a ten-foot van to drive around central London carrying a fake Amazon advertisement that read: “Amazon… Read more »
Amazon and Apple are being investigated by Germany’s federal antitrust office
At this point, Amazon and Germany’s back-and-forth is becoming the stuff of legend. Remember that time Amazon’s warehouse workers in Germany went on strike, then did it again, and again, and again?… Read more »
This week in college textbook sales fraud, at home and abroad
Bookstores, like all businesses, are susceptible to fraud. However, all committed perpetrators of fraud know that targets like bookstores, which aren’t wildly profitable, tend to be a bit of a… Read more »
Stephen King wants Governor Paul LePage to “man up and apologize”
It’s tax season, everyone! And in a radio address in which he proposed a tax overhaul plan, Maine Governor Paul LePage suggested that “famous residents [are] leaving the state because… Read more »
EU: Ebooks are not books because taxes
In a development certain to remind you that you need to do your goddamn taxes already, the European Commission just handed down a big decision regarding tax law as regards… Read more »
What happens when you don’t pay your library fines
When I was in high school, I checked a book of Greek mythology out of the school library. That, or I simply walked out with it in my pocket—I don’t… Read more »
Gaudeamus igitur, Amazon’s going to college
When I was a college student, I thought as a college student. I spake as a college student, using the term “Derridean” and “albeit” like they were my sponsors. I… Read more »
Grace period is over, Illinois’s collecting taxes on Amazon purchases
Sure, there’s a giant blizzard on the East Coast today, blah, blah, blah. But in much more exciting news, guess what’s hitting the Midwest next week? More sales tax! Amazon… Read more »
Luxembourg and Amazon are special friends, says the European Commission
It’s old news, right, that Amazon is going through Luxembourg for all its international sales? For instance, that Amazon.co.uk sells Kindle editions out of Luxembourg at 3% tax rather than going through… Read more »