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Tax-free online shopping unfair?
Harvey Finkel, proprietor of the Clinton Book Shop, has heard about the allure of tax-free online shopping directly from his customers.
“A lot of customers come in and see a book they like but then go and buy it online. Many times they say to my face, ‘I’m going to buy it on Amazon,’ ” Finkel said.
Sales to out-of-state online outfits like Amazon cost New Jersey $171 million in sales tax revenue in 2009, a figure that is expected to rocket to $310 million by 2015, according to a study by Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, which was released Thursday. (Jordan and Willis, Gannett)