“And the on-line places like QVC and HSN are going to have a lot of customers angry over this.”
I pay CA sales tax on all hsn/qvc orders. Don’t they charge in every other state?
You asked — I pay CA sales tax on all hsn/qvc orders. Don’t they charge in every other state?
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There have always been “loopholes in the loopholes”... LOL...
The first “loophole” but rather was something that was temporarily allowed, was to not collect state sales taxes for online purchases.
BUT, the first big loophole in this loophole (of not collecting the state sales taxes) was that if the selling entity had a “physical presence” in the state, then it had to pay sales tax in that state for all the purchases going to that state.
But, others, in other states did not have to pay “California sales tax” basically because they didn’t reside in that state.
So, that’s what happens with a lot of online retailers. They have to be *somewhere* physically, and that state will charge sales tax for purchase “inside” that state...