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Gavin Newsom: “There are 45 states that collect sales taxes in the United…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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And then I find out all my friends that aren't near Best Buy, they're downloading it and they're not paying sales tax. They go well how is that fair? And turns out most other states don't think it's fair. In fact There are 45 states that collect sales taxes in the United States. 35 of those 45 already do this [collect sales tax on digital software]. We haven't. So we're going to start to do that same with sas, sort of business to business side of things. (36:16)

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