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Costco Faces Lawsuit Over Improper Sales Tax Collection

A New Jersey couple on Friday filed a class-action lawsuit against Costco Wholesale, alleging that the warehouse retailer is illegally charging sales tax on toilet tissues — a product exempt from the state’s 7% sales tax — CNBC reports. Jacqueline Taufield and Robert Arnold say that they were charged sales tax when they bought Charmin toilet tissue on July 26, 2015 from a Costco location in …


USA Discounters Inks Deal to Resolve Colorado Lawsuit

Liquidating retailer USA Discounters will offer debt relief to settle litigation accusing it of scamming its Colorado customers, including military service members. The defunct retailer, accused in multiple states of unfair financing terms and improper debt-collection efforts, particularly against military members, is asking the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del., to authorize a …