Come July, Texans will start paying state sales tax at Amazon.com.

The agreement between the shopping gargantuan and Texas Comptroller Susan Combs was announced today, ending the state's two-year effort to collect $269 million for uncollected sales taxes from 2005 to 2009, the Austin Statesman says. Amazon has fought Texas, California and other cash-hungry states that want the online retailer to collect sales taxes that residents would otherwise pay at a physical store.

As a result of the deal, which could add hundreds of millions of dollars to the state's coffers, Amazon will move forward with plans to create 2,500 jobs in Texas and make $200 million in capital investments over the next four years.

The deal "resolves all sales tax issues between Texas and Amazon," according to a news release from Combs' office. That means Texas has dropped its efforts to collect the $269 million.

Combs and the Amazon executive who negotiated the deal both called on Congress to pass federal legislation to apply online sales taxes equally.

"Amazon looks forward to creating thousands of new jobs in Texas and we appreciate Comptroller Combs working with us to advance federal legislation," said Amazon vice president Paul Misener . "We strongly support the creation of a simplified and equitable federal framework, because Congressional action will protect states' rights, level the playing field for all sellers, and give states like Texas the ability to obtain all the sales tax revenue that is already due."

USA TODAY's Sandra Block wrote in February that "the days of tax-free online shopping may be coming to an end."

More than a dozen states have enacted legislation or rules to force online retailers to collect sales taxes on purchases, and similar legislation is pending in 10 states.

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