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The fight to collect online sales taxes moves to Texas, where the state has reached an agreement with Amazon.com.

The online retailer has agreed to begin collecting sales tax from its Texas customers. The agreement has retailers here asking why Florida’s government hasn’t taken action. John Fleming, a spokesman for the Florida Retail Federation, says the state can’t compete if it doesn’t close the loophole.

“That’s a loophole that puts our retailers at a disadvantage to retailers in almost every other state in the nation so I think if Florida wants to have a chance of being the number one state in the nation to do business than we have to address this online sales tax loophole,” said Fleming.

The state sales tax is six percent. Retailers say since online retailers aren’t required to collect the tax they can offer goods at a six percent discount