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SANTA FE, N.M., June 4 () -- New Mexico's Supreme Court said Barnes & Noble must pay the sales tax for online purchases because it has stores in the state.The issue has received national attention as brick and mortar retailers complain online outlets,[url=http://www.apollo13show.com/]michael kors outlet online[/url], like Amazon.com, are able to offer what amounts to a discount by not charging a state sales tax.In New Mexico, Barnes & Noble challenged a tax assessment because the stores it runs are part of a company separate from its online outlet, bn.com.Both companies have the same parent -- Barnes & Noble Inc., The Santa Fe New Mexican reported Tuesday.The Supreme Court's ruling upheld a lower court decision, which found Barnes & Noble owed more than $500,000 in state sales taxes for online sales from January 1998 to July 2005.Although the company tried to claim the online retail business and the three Barnes & Nobles stores in the state were separate, gift cards purchased at the stores could be used to make bn.com purchases. The two companies also allowed customers to use loyalty benefits at either the store locations or online, the newspaper said.

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