sales tax

In a 5-4 decision the Supreme Court has reversed a 1992 precedent that barred states from collecting sales taxes for online sales out of state. This means online retailers are now on equal footing with their brick and mortar brethren and will most likely be compelled to pay state sales tax...

Back in February we reported to you that Connecticut made a deal with Newegg to get customer purchase information so they could send state tax bills to Connecticut residents that purchased from Newegg in the past several years. Newegg has now agreed to collect sales tax on purchases from...

It was only a matter of time the states went after third-party sellers on Amazon after they finally got Amazon to pay sales tax to the 45 states that have one. A group of state tax authorities, the Multistate Tax Commission, is trying to nudge Amazon’s sellers to start paying up. They’ve set up...