Battle Brewing Over Internet Sales Tax... Again

Courtesy DaniWeb IT Discussion Community (Featured Entries)  Fri, 07/30/2010 - 07:54

The federal government and almost all these United States are broke, and so they're considering something we've all at least thought about from time to time: making money off the Internet.

There's a fight brewing in Washington, D.C. over an attempt to collect sales tax from online purchases... yet again.

The idea is pretty simple - states haven't been able to collect sales tax on most Internet purchases thanks to a 1992 Supreme Court Decision holding that retailers can...


 

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