Anyone else get this sales tax email from AP today? Last I recall the only two options are "purchase" and "cash". If I recall correctly, the cash option gets hit with cash advance fees and may not earn points. A purchase may trigger this sales tax issue. That is surprising since in Massachusetts, most services are not taxable. Is Amazon saying that AP is not for paying for services? There is also no sales tax on rent, for example, neither is rent a cash advance.
Dear Amazon Web Services Customer,
We wanted to let you know that starting with your April 2013 bill (sent out at the beginning of May), AWS will begin collecting Massachusetts state and local sales taxes for accounts with a billing address in Massachusetts. We are doing this in order to comply with applicable state laws, which require us to remit this tax to the State.
You are receiving this email because our records indicate that the billing address for your account is located in Massachusetts. Applicable state and local sales taxes will be added to your AWS bill each month. If you use AWS Consolidated Billing with multiple accounts, tax will be calculated separately for each of your individual AWS accounts.
If you are eligible for a sales tax exemption in Massachusetts, you can submit your exemption certificate after March 1st via your Manage Tax Exemptions page at [LINK REMOVED]
If you have any questions please contact us at
http://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/.
Sincerely,
Amazon Web Services Team