Senate OKs Online Sales Tax

May 5, 2013  by in UnCategorized   

By Aggregated Content in Furniture Retailing on May 6, 2013 from http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-online-sales-tax-20130506,0,3663225.story?track=rss

The Senate voted Monday to allow states to assess a sales tax on purchases from Amazon.com, eBay and other online retailers in a bipartisan measure.

The bill, which passed 69-27, would resolve a long-standing complaint of brick-and-mortar business owners, who say they struggle to compete with online companies that don't charge sales tax. The legislation requires Internet sellers to collect sales tax and send that money back to state treasuries.

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