grant gross of idg news service is our guest reporter. mr. peterson, the state of texas recently sent amazon a bill. what was that about? >> guest: it's about a fulfillment center that amazon has or an affiliate of amazon owns in the state of texas. and generally, it gets down to the physical presence test that the supreme court created. if you have a physical presence in the state, you have an obligation to collect sales tax. we have spent the last 40 years trying to figure out what physical presence means, and we've been to court a thousand times, i suppose, trying to figure that out. what, as i understand it and i have not talked to either texas or amazon, but as i understand it they have a distribution facility or they have an affiliate that has a distribution facility in texas that texas now believes creates a physical presence for amazon this that now -- because they have that presence there, amazon has an obligation to collect sales tax. and not, as i understand on a going forward basis, but texas wants to look back a little bit, too,

grant gross of idg new service. they sent him a sunny bill. what was that about? >> guest: it's about a fulfillment center that has an affiliate of amazon and the state of texas. and generally is a physical presence test that has been created. you have an obligation to collect sales tax. we have spent the last 40 years trying to figure out what physical presence means. and we've been to court a thousand times i suppose trying to figure that out. as i understand it, i have not checked on amazon, but david distribution sorting or they have an affiliate that has a facility in texas that texas now believes creates a physical presence for amazon. now that they have at present there, amazon has the obligation of sales-tax. and as i understand on a going forward basis, but taxes on look back a little bit, too and collect some of the taxes they haven't. >> host: it was a bill for $269 billion. >> guest: if not more. >> host: what is the current status for that? >> guest: i think they're going to need a court. >> guest: and it's really a question -- it is a corporate law q

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