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Senate planning vote on Internet sales tax bill

The days of tax-free online shopping could finally be numbered. The Senate is planning to vote on a bill as soon as Monday that would give states the authority to collect sales taxes on all Internet purchases, handing local governments as much as $11 billion per year in added revenue that they are legally owed — but that hasn’t been paid to them for years.

 

Retail sales rose less than expected in Jan.

U.S. retail sales rose less than expected in January as consumers cut back on car purchases and did less online shopping.

 

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