Sales tax

Small Retailers Push Back on Proposed Online Sales Tax

August 15, 2013

The Senate remains poised to pass the Marketplace Fairness Act, which would allow states to require online retailers to collect sales taxes that could add an estimated 11 billion dollars of currently uncollected sales tax revenue. The bill exempts retailers who have under $1 million in Internet sales, but plenty of small online retailers who […]

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