Seattle-based Amazon on March 1 will begin collecting taxes on its sales to Arkansans and paying those taxes to the state government, Amazon spokesman Jill Kerr said Friday.
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Amazon's announcement came four days after the Arkansas Senate voted 23-9 to approve legislation aimed at persuading Amazon and some other companies that have no physical presence in Arkansas to collect taxes on their sales and remit the receipts to the state.
The legislation is Senate Bill 140 by Sen. Jake Files, R-Fort Smith, who said he modeled it after a bill in South Dakota that ultimately led Amazon to begin collecting sales and use taxes in that state.
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