Overstock, Amazon Fight Online Sales Tax

From the Heartland Institute:

"Overstock.com has become the second online retailer to mount a legal challenge against a New York law that effectively defines them as state-based merchants, forcing them to collect sales tax on purchases made by consumers who reside in the Empire State.

A new statute passed by the New York legislature April 9 attempts to circumvent a 16-year-old U.S. Supreme Court ruling that prohibits a state from collecting sales tax from any merchant that does not have a "nexus," or physical location, within the state."

Read the full article:
http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=23521

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