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Supreme Court Rulings
• National Bella Hess v. Illinois Department of Revenue“the many variations in rates of tax, in allowable exemptions, and in administrative and record-keeping requirements could entangle [the company]'s interstate business in a virtual welter of complicated obligations to local jurisdictions” (emphasis added)
• Quill v. North Dakota“[O]ur decision is made easier by the fact that the underlying issue is not only one that Congress may be better qualified to resolve, but also one that Congress has the ultimate power to resolve. No matter how we evaluate the burdens that use taxes impose on interstate commerce, Congress remains free to disagree with our conclusions” (emphasis added).
Origin Based Sales Tax States
• Arizona• California• Illinois• Mississippi• Missouri• New Mexico
• Ohio• Pennsylvania• Tennessee• Texas• Utah• Virginia
States where Amazon Collects Sales Taxes
• Arizona• California• Connecticut• Florida• Georgia• Indiana• Kentucky• Maryland• Massachusetts• Minnesota• Nevada
• New Jersey• New York• North Carolina• North Dakota• Tennessee• Texas• Virginia• Washington• West Virginia• Wisconsin
SSUTA Certified Service Providers
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Reasons People Shop Online
• Save time• Avoid crowds• Easily compare prices• Save money• Access greater variety• Avoid sales tax (30% of shoppers
Innovative State Approaches
• Streamlined Sales Tax• Click-Through Nexus• Affiliate Nexus• Sales and Use Tax Notification Requirements• Financial Incentives
Internet Freedom Act (October 1998)• Purpose to promote potential of internet• Commercial• Educational• Informational
• Bars federal, state, and local governments from taxing internet access and imposing discriminatory internet-only taxes such as bit taxes, bandwidth taxes, and email taxes• Does not exempt sales and use taxes• Permanent Internet Freedom Act in July 2014
Proposals in the Marketplace Fairness Act• Member states under the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement• Exemption for small businesses (vendors with gross sales of less than
$1 million)• Requirement to collect and remit sales taxes• Restrictions on audits and liability
Issues Considered in Marketplace Fairness Act
• tax relief• tech neutrality• no regulation without representation• simplicity• tax competition• states' rights• privacy rights
Possible Sales Taxes in Utah
• State Sales and Use• Local Sales and Use• Mass Transit Tax• Supplemental State Sales & Use• Country Airport, Highway, Public
Transportation• Rural Hospital• Botanical, Cultural, Zoo
• Highway Tax• County Option Sales• Town Option• City or Town Option• Resort Community• Additional Resort Community
Tax Principles
• Adequacy• Neutrality• Fairness• Horizontal equity• Vertical equity
• Ease of administration and compliance• Accountability