Sotheby’s agrees to $6.25 million New York sales-tax settlement
New York’s attorney general announced that Sotheby’s agreed to pay $6.25 million and improve its compliance procedures. The state said the auctioneer had improperly accepted resale certificates on art purchased for clients’ personal collections, allowing sales tax to go unpaid. File photograph: Sotheby’s in New York, Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images via Artnet.
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