Monday, February 14, 2011

Amazon.com shutting Irving office

I don’t know about any of you, but shopping online vs. going to the store is always a plus; well at least for me it is.  One of those awesome places for me to shop is Amazon.com.  However, after reading this it made me look at them in a new light, as you may too.  Amazon.com,shutting Irving office
 
Apparently, much like you and I Amazon doesn’t like to pay taxes.  Per Texas Comptroller’s Office, Amazon is estimated to owe $600 million in sales tax to Texas.  Now, we all know that we are in the middle of economic hardship and that there are already hundreds of people in search of jobs, but rather than pay the owed sales tax, Amazon is opting to shut down an entire facility near Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.