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Online Retailers May Get Post-Wayfair Relief

On Behalf of | Jan 22, 2019 | New Laws |

Help may be coming for retailers concerned with the abrupt change in the law last year that may require many retailers to begin collecting tax on sales to customers in a state regardless of whether the retailer has a physical presence in the state. In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court’s holding in Wayfair v. South Dakota allowed states to require remote retailers to collect taxes and fees on sales in their state if the seller was deemed to have an economic nexus with the state, regardless of any physical presence. On January 9, 2019, relief legislation was announced, known as the “Protecting Business from Burdensome Compliance Cost Act,” which would delay the imposition of new laws to January 1, 2020, and would require states to streamline the tax rate and submission requirements.  Click here to read about HR 379.

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