It means that the buyer must now pay sales tax to the state from which the seller is shipping. For example, if I buy Freedom Munitions ammo and it ships from Texas, I have to pay Texas sales tax. But it it ships from their Lewiston, Idaho location, then I have to pay Idaho’s sales tax .....but not Texas’.BBYC wrote: ↑Fri Jun 22, 2018 12:58 pm Supreme Court rules that states can force online shoppers to pay sales tax
I wonder if that means the states where the sellers are located can now collect sales tax too. A business located in Texas with customers in multiple states has a locus in Texas if they have one anywhere.
Technically, buyers always were required to pay sales taxes to the state from which the product shipped, but the shipper wasn’t obligated to collect it, and most wouldn’t because it gave them a competitive advantage not to do it. Buyers were actually supposed to square it with the relevant state on their own, after making the purchase. Of course, nobody did that.
What I’m predicting is that the money-grubbing looter states like California will require Californians to pay both California’s sales tax as well as the sales tax for the state from which their product ships. It’s just a matter of time.