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"The department is committed to supporting North Carolina small business and facilitating the equitable collection of taxes from both individual and corporate taxpayers." - Mark Suchomel, "These businesses are at a competitive disadvantage when they have to collect sales taxes that other businesses do not," he added. Lay, Department of Revenue Secretary, who "described the skirmish as 'an issue of fairness' for small businesses in the state," the Journal wrote. "We have requested the same information from other businesses who have complied with their obligation to provide information to the department," said Kenneth R. The state said that to collect sales taxes it routinely requires "general information" about transactions with out-of-state retailers, but did not ask Amazon to disclose "detailed information revealing personal consumer preferences" such as book titles. North Carolina's Department of Revenue called the lawsuit filed Monday by Amazon ( Shelf Awareness, April 21, 2010) "misleading," and countered that it wasn't violating the First Amendment rights of shoppers by asking for data to aid in tax collection, the Wall Street Journal reported. Amazon reports its quarterly sales and earnings late this afternoon. Target will become the first bricks-and-mortar outlet for Amazon's Kindle when it begins selling the e-reader at its flagship Minneapolis store and 102 south Florida stores April 25 before "rolling out to more Target stores later this year," the Wall Street Journal's Market Watch reported.
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