[FatherofFive]

If fairness was really the goal, then the focus would be on collecting sales tax at the state from which the product ships, not the state to which the product is delivered.

Think about this for a moment. As a consumer, where I buy the product determines the cost. As a consumer in Tulsa, I cannot get the tax rate in a low tax state unless I go there to shop. Or move there.

[chrisser]

As a consumer in Tulsa, I cannot get the tax rate in a low tax state unless I go there to shop. Or move there.

Prior to the Internet, mail order existed for the better part of a century. One could argue that Internet-based retail is far closer to that model than to brick and mortar and thus should have the same tax treatment.