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Originally posted by 4685921:
All 50 states pressed congress and the supreme court to allow collection of sales tax on all retail sales on the internet. The supreme court finally ruled that "companies need to collect sales tax only if they maintain a "physical presence" - usually a store or warehouse - in the same state as the customer".
Round two has started. New laws in New York, Rhode Island and North Carolina will force retailers to collect state sales taxes for the first time on purchases from internet retailers.
You do know that the Postal Service is losing billions of dollars yearly because (so they say) of email and online transactions. Won't be long before you have to put a stamp on that email.