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The law doesn't single out Amazon, the $200 million is from all internet retailers that have any sort of presence in California. The core of the new law was defining residents participating in affiliate programs as a physical presence. Assuming nearly all retailers have some sort of affiliate program with a CA resident, the $200 million figure is how much uncollected tax revenue is available across all online retailers.



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