The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week in South Dakota v. Wayfair will have a major impact on many online retailers. Money-starved states are gearing up to require online retailers to collect and remit sales taxes on purchases made by residents—a skill only about one-third of the largest online retailers have in place for all 45 states where there is a sales tax, according to exclusive Internet Retailer research.
Here we’ve collected our news coverage, research and associated resources on the online sales tax issue.
The Decision
South Dakota v. Wayfair: The Supreme Court says states can force online retailers to collect sales tax
The Backstory (On-demand webinar–registration required)
An accomplished tax attorney explains how we got here
The Reaction
Now What? E-retailers react to the Supreme Court’s sales tax decision with confusion and frustration
Overstock urges Congress to act
Suddenly busy sales tax software vendors offer advice
The Revenue
16 states may tax as much as $72 billion in revenue from Top 1000 retailers (Login required to view)
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What the Supreme Court sales tax ruling means for B2B sellers
‘Free from costly sales tax collection, my online startup grew’
The Next Steps
Are states prepared to collect?
Retailers testify in Congress on the fallout of the Supreme Court decision
The Wayfair ruling, evolving sales tax laws and ‘sleeper’ states
New Action in Congress
A new bill would limit states’ online sales tax bills
A new online sales tax bill would create a $10 million small business exemption
States begin collecting
Seven states’ online sales tax laws take effect on Jan. 1
California sets its online sales tax enforcement date
24 states will have online sales tax laws in effect as of Dec. 1
Four more states’ online sales tax laws go into effect on Nov. 1
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