Very interesting 1st Amendment case going down in North Carolina.You may be one who has no qualm exposing your privates on facebook or Twitter, but this issue is about to hit you where it really counts. So, heads up!
The initial take might look like a nexus tax issue, but it’s really a 1st Amendment issue. A very big one with repercussions affecting your pocketbook and your privacy.
Here's an excerpt from the Time article: The court case stems from a war over sales taxes between North Carolina and Amazon. The North Carolina tax department says Amazon failed to collect sales taxes on about 50 million transactions with North Carolinians between 2003 and early 2010. As part of a tax audit, North Carolina asked the e-commerce giant to provide, for this time period, "all information for all sales to customers with a North Carolina shipping address."
