Tell HN: Amazon to charge Sales Tax in WA State for AWS

[tomfakes]

I just got an email from Amazon Web Services telling me that I'll need to start to pay local sales tax on my AWS services.

This will immediately add ~9% to the cost of running servers for all WA state based companies using this infrastructure.

There are exemptions available, but I'm not using them enough to work out how what they are or how to get them

[steventruong]

Are you sure it was for AWS and not Amazon.com purchases? Or for that matter if the email is legit? I haven't seen them announce anything (although I'm not in Washington).

[bethling → steventruong]

Apparently there was a change to (or at least a change in the interpretation of) the law - I got the same email. Also found it mentioned here: http://www.geekwire.com/2012/amazon-web-services-collect-sal...