Actually, my understanding of the tax situation with the states ... is if there is a sales tax charged in the state, then you owe that tax ... even if the Internet purchase doesn’t charge you tax. That’s always been the case.
The problem is that this is next to impossible to enforce. So, it’s never been the case that a person did not owe the tax (in states that do have the sales tax) ... they ALWAYS OWED IT. To get the Internet store to “charge the tax” on the invoice is the “enforcement mechanism”. So, the actual “tax situation” has never changed.
I know but it was nice to beat the tax system for awhile. I guess I did for a long time in Maryland, Italy, Korea, and other places. They caught up to me in low tax Florida of all places. I guess it isn’t something to brag about but we hate taxes especially dumb taxes like sales tax on the internet. Conservatives really should stop this tax.