Internet Sales Tax Hits Consumers Online
The burden on businesses would be immense and would skew the playing field against online businesses and online consumers. “This means quizzing purchasers about their location, looking up the appropriate rules and regulations in more than 9,600 taxing jurisdictions across the country, and then collecting and remitting sales tax for that distant authority,” writes Andrew Moylan, senior fellow with the R Street Institute. “No brick-and-mortar shop has to do this for in-store sales, and yet every online retailer would have to do it for remote sales.
