Here is the latest report from Larry Kavanagh (link). In September 2013, Larry Kavanagh and Al Bessin published “The Real Word Challenges in Collecting Multi-State Sales Tax for Mid-Market Online and Catalog Retailers,”... Continue Reading

By Jonathan Johnson, Chairman of the Board of Overstock.com Utah’s Gov. Gary Herbert and other internet tax proponents proclaim Utah’s uncollected e-commerce sales tax has reached $200 million a year. It’s a large number. And it’s largely wrong.... Continue Reading

When you go online to buy clothing, furnishings, or children’s toys, you may not realize that your simple transaction has become a controversial part of a political fight that threatens to reduce consumer choice and impose chaos on small and mid-size remote sellers. States around... Continue Reading

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... Continue Reading

In the never-ending search for new revenues to fill state coffers, South Dakota has approved a troubling new tax law. The law is in direct defiance of the Supreme Court and settled case law, and what’s more, the Mount Rushmore State knows it’s unconstitutional. The law requires... Continue Reading

By Steve DelBianco South Dakota aims to raise new tax revenue from out-of-state businesses by prosecuting those who do not cooperate with the state’s sales tax law – flaunting Supreme Court precedent and constitutional law. No matter the consequences to growth, innovation, and... Continue Reading

Forcing Out-of-State Sellers to Collect South Dakota Sales Tax Violates the Commerce Clause of the US Constitution Pierre, South Dakota (April 29, 2016) – The state of South Dakota’s new Internet sales tax mandate — to force out-of-state sellers to collect South Dakota sales t... Continue Reading

Why this tax bill is unfair Carl Szabo, senior policy counsel, NetChoice   April 15 is one of the least liked and certainly the most expensive days of the year for many Americans. It is Tax Day when we all must ensure that we have paid our fair share. But, if big-box... Continue Reading

Alabama and other states are trying to impose taxes on retailers far beyond their own borders. By Hamilton Davison March 11, 2016 6:05 p.m. ET http://tinyurl.com/gr3lc9l The state of Alabama is openly defying the U.S. Supreme Court in an effort to squeeze millions of dollars of... Continue Reading