So, it American companies are imposed sales tax burdens no matter which state they're selling to, wouldn't that just encourage companies like Amazon to move outside of the United States? They could avoid collecting sales taxes altogether, coming in lower than the competition, and that would also deprive the US of collecting revenue taxes on income, etc.
If the economy is moving to the internet, what incentive is there for these companies to stay in the US, especially if doing business in the US becomes disadvantageous for their gross sales?
> So, it American companies are imposed sales tax burdens no matter which state they're selling to
They aren't even if this bill passes; this bill allows states to tax sales into the state no matter which state they are selling from.
> wouldn't that just encourage companies like Amazon to move outside of the United States?
Amazon has already reached the point where its given up trying to relocate outside of individual states to avoid sales taxes, because the efficiency it gets from having facilities close to customers is worth more than sales tax avoidance.
So I doubt very much it would try to move out of the US for sales tax avoidance reasons.
If the economy is moving to the internet, what incentive is there for these companies to stay in the US, especially if doing business in the US becomes disadvantageous for their gross sales?