This has already gone all the way to the Supreme Court. Unless a business has a physical presence in the state, you cannot make them charge sales tax. States like Illinois and California are trying to argue that the in-state affiliates provide that nexus that allows them to tax companies like Amazon. So when these laws pass, Amazon simply ends the affiliate program for that state. It doesn't hurt Amazon, doesn't help the state, but is devastating to those affiliates that need the revenue from the advertising...
Thanks for the explanation!
RE: Unless a business has a physical presence in the state, you cannot make them charge sales tax.
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Well, this is where Obama and his Democratic friends come in to support their Democratic buddies in blue states like Illinois and elsewhere (Illinois will be the pioneer as this is where Chicago and Rahm Emanuel are ).
And if it ever goes to Court anywhere in the US, you can be sure Obama and his justice department will invoke the time-honored “Commerce Clause”.
what they are trying is to charge each person who shops on the internet.