Businesses Unite Behind Goodlatte Sales Tax Plan
Fair and Simple Plan to Improve Online Sales Tax Collection Well-Received by Retail Interests
Washington, D.C. (September 1, 2016) – Calling the bill “a simple and fair process for remote sales tax collection and remittance,” 92 businesses and organizations have signed a letter of support for the House Judiciary Committee’s draft Online Sales Simplification Act.
The 92 signatories to the letter addressed to Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA-6th) include catalog, online and other remote retail outlets who sell everything from sporting goods and gardening supplies to early childhood educational materials and clothing. In addition, the letter is signed by commercial printers as well as industry associations representing a broad contingent of retailers, including the American Catalog Mailers Association, the Direct Marketing Association, the Electronic Retailing Association, and NetChoice.
“Only Congress can bring certainty and rationality to this situation. What’s needed is a simple solution that works for all stakeholders,” the letter states. “Earlier destination-based legislative proposals (e.g., the Marketplace Fairness Act (MFA) and the Remote Transactions Parity Act (RTPA)) would create additional costs and complexity for interstate sellers.”
The letter notes of the House Judiciary measure, “This legislation, as currently drafted, is clear, fair and simple. The result is exactly what is required to level the playing field for all stakeholders: Sales taxes would be collected by sellers out of state and remitted to the state where products are delivered. This will go a long way toward protecting interstate commerce from unchecked taxation and regulation without representation, a bedrock principle upon which this country was founded. You can count on our support for this measure.”
The letter praises the Judiciary Committee for crafting a measure designed to reduce regulatory hurdles to online, catalog and other remote sellers and to ensure the continued growth in the eCommerce sector. With many states adopting laws and regulations that would impose tax obligations on businesses outside the state’s borders, the Judiciary Committee draft bill is the simple and practical solution to remote sales tax collection for which businesses have been asking.
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List of Businesses
ACR Resource Group, Inc.
American Catalog Mailers Association
AmeriMark Direct
AmeriMark Holdings, LLC
Anthony Richards
Ashro, Inc.
Auditions
B.A. Mason
Back in the Saddle
Barco Products Company
Bas Bleu
Baudville
Baudville Brands
Beauty Boutique
Betty’s Attic
Birchland Market
Blue Nile
Carol Wright Gifts
Catalog Classics
Catalog Favorites
CB1, Inc.
Christianbook.com
Colony Brands, Inc.
Complements
Country Store
Crutchfield Corporation
Cuddledown
Direct Marketing Association
DM Services, Inc.
Dr. Leonard’s Healthcare Corp
Edmund Optics
Electronic Retailing Association
Essentials Expressions
Fairytale Brownies
Feel Good Store
Figi’s Gallery
Figi’s Gifts in Good Taste
Fresh Finds
Full of Life
Gardener’s Supply Company
Gift Services Incorporated
Ginny’s, Inc.
Great American Business Products
Green County Foods, Inc.
Harriet Carter
Healthy Living
IDVille
In the Company of Dogs
Integrated Marketing Solutions, Inc.
Johnson Smith Company
K.Jordan
KirbyBuilt Products, Inc.
Lady Grace
Luxury Brand Holdings
Magellan’s
Maryland Square
Mason Easy-Pay
Masseys
MeritDirect
Midnight Velvet, Inc.
Midwest Catalog Brands, LLC
Monroe & Main, Inc.
Montgomery Ward, Inc.
N.L.C. Products Nature’s Jewelry
NaviStone
Neovox Global LLC
NetChoice
NorthStyle
OSA Brands, LLC
Overstock
Path2Response, LLC
Potpourri Gift
Potpourri Group, Inc.
Pure Promo
Quad Graphics
Quadras Integrated
RecogNation
Rockler Woodworking and Hardware
RR Donnelley
SC Data Center, Inc.
SC Global Sourcing, Inc.
Serengeti
Seventh Avenue, Inc.
ShoeMall
Signals
Silver Gallery
Stoneberry
Stony Creek Brands LLC
Support Plus
Swiss Colony Retail Brands, LLC
The Lighter Side Co.
The Pyramid Collection
The Stitchery
The Swiss Colony, LLC
The Tender Filet, Inc.
Things You Never Knew Existed
Through the Country Door, Inc.
Time for Me
Touch of Class
TreeTop Products, Inc.
Universal Screen Arts, Inc.
Uno Alla Volta LLC
What on Earth
Whatever Works
Windsor Collection Young Explorers