Amazon, eBay clash
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Dec. 1, 2011, 5:00 a.m. ET
Amazon.com and eBay staked out opposing positions yesterday before the House Judiciary Committee, on collecting sales tax.
Lawmakers proposed legislation seeking to simplify the process of states’ collecting online sales taxes on purchases made by their residents.
Amazon said that a federal measure would help in “leveling the playing field.”
But eBay says small retailers are already heavily disadvantaged in the marketplace against big-box players such as Walmart, Best Buy and Target.