This is and should be a states issue, however, it makes very little sense.
What is the difference between 1) me buying something online from a seller out of state and having it shipped to me, and 2) me driving out of state and purchasing the item and bringing it back in?
Flip side, if I own a business and sell online, why should I collect taxes for another state, and how would that other state enforce me (out of its jurisdiction) to collect those taxes? I didn’t go to do business in the other state. The customer came to my state and sought my business out. Seems like if anything, it should be treated like the online user physically visited my store and he just has to pay my states sales tax.
Any attorneys here that can explain what the enforcement looks like to force tax collection in another state? Are they going to bar my online store from being seen in the buyers state?
This seems very confusing.
"The cases the court overturned said that if a business was shipping a customer’s purchase to a state where the business didn’t have a physical presence such as a warehouse or office, the business didn’t have to collect the state’s sales tax. Customers were generally responsible for paying the sales tax to the state themselves if they weren’t charged it, but most didn’t realize they owed it and few paid."
https://apnews.com/332abb7455cb4b60b2effc0852ff3c89/High-Court:-Online-shoppers-can-be-forced-to-pay-sales-tax