The law was designed specifically to target Amazon and other large online retailers—many called it the "Amazon tax."

这部法律是专门针对亚马逊和其他大型网上零售商的——我们可以将之戏称为“亚马逊纳税法”。

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The general rule: If you're choosing between Amazon and any other large national retailer, you'll almost always get a better deal at Amazon because of tax savings.

规则是：如果在亚马逊和国内其他大型零售商间做选择，因为无需交税，亚马逊通常会让你觉得更划算。

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Lawyers have been torturing the term as 21 states over the past three years of budget pain considered whether and how to force retailers (most notably Amazon) to collect sales tax.

在再过去的三年中，有21个州一边考虑支出预算，一边想着怎么怎样迫使零售商 （特别是亚马逊）缴纳销售税。 于是律师们一直在折磨着“关系”这个术语。

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The distribution facility locks Amazon into a bona fide physical presence, obligating it to collect California sales tax regardless of the Amazon tax.

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To do so, Amazon will rapidly and dramatically expand its network of distribution facilities, which ensures physical presence in those states and makes the Amazon tax in those states irrelevant to it.

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