Amazon, Nevada Announce Agreement on Collection of Sales Tax

Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. and Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval announced an agreement to allow the state to collect sales tax revenue on the company's sales to Nevada customers, beginning in 2014.

Sandoval and Paul Misener, Amazon vice president for global public policy, also agreed to work for congressional passage of legislation that would create a simplified framework for sales tax collection.

Under the agreement, Amazon will voluntarily begin to collect and remit Nevada sales tax beginning Jan. 1, 2014, or as of the effective date of federal legislation, whichever is earlier.

Amazon has a distribution center in Fernley, Nev., and a subsidiary, Zappos, in Las Vegas.