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US justices to rule on sales tax ‘shelter’ for online retailers

The Supreme Court will consider whether online retailers can keep an exemption to collecting sales tax, in a case that could shape the future of e-commerce in the US.

The court will today hear arguments over a 26-year-old tax break that allows online retailers to offer significant savings to their shoppers, but has been described by critics as a “constitutional tax shelter”.

The Supreme Court case comes as President Donald Trump has been attacking Amazon with accusations that include claims that the company does not raise sales tax, even though Jeff Bezos’s e-commerce retailer collects tax on many transactions.

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