Does Amazon moving my FBA inventory between warehouses create nexus in new states without my consent?
This might sound crazy but apparently Amazon can move my inventory to any warehouse they want without telling me. I just discovered my products were in 12 different states! I'm a foreign LLC owner from Singapore and I only shipped my inventory to one warehouse in California.
Does this mean I now have physical nexus in 12 states? Do I need to file income tax returns in all of them? Can I tell Amazon to keep my inventory in just one state?
This feels like a trap for foreign sellers.
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