Nebraska, other states ready to make tax deals with online sellers

Nebraska is one of 17 states willing to make a deal with Amazon sellers on online sales taxes.

The Multistate Tax Commission, an intergovernmental state tax agency, is offering a special limited-time voluntary disclosure initiative for companies that sell products through Amazon's Marketplace.

The program, which runs from Aug. 17-Oct. 17, aims to get companies to voluntarily start collecting sales taxes going forward by waiving any previous sales tax liability they may have had.

As of Tuesday, Nebraska and 16 other states had agreed to participate in the program.

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