The Rhode Island Division of Taxation has issued notices to more than 100 online retailers, the latest salvo in a growing national battle over collection of state sales tax.

The agency issued the notices to advise the retailers about a new Rhode Island law — dubbed the “Amazon law” — and tell them that they may be obligated to collect the state’s 7-percent sales tax on certain online purchases made by Rhode Islanders, state Tax Administrator David M. Sullivan said on Friday.

Full Story: R.I. advises Web retailers of tax Source: Providence Journal, July 4th, 2009 Author: Neil Downing Added on July 6th, 2009 at 8:55 am, by Matt Mikula