The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday announced it would not hear an appeal by Amazon and Overstock.com challenging a New York law that requires e-commerce companies to collect taxes from shoppers in the state even if the retailers don’t have facilities there. The decision is the latest twist in an increasingly complicated issue focused on whether states have the right to require e-commerce sellers to collect taxes on sales made by their residents. For several years the answer was a decided “no.”
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Supreme Court Passes on E-Commerce Tax Case
Posted by: Erika Morphy December 3, 2013 11:55 AMThe U.S. Supreme Court on Monday announced it would not hear an appeal by Amazon and Overstock.com challenging a New York law that requires e-commerce companies to collect taxes from shoppers in the state even if the retailers don’t have facilities there. The decision is the latest twist in an increasingly complicated issue focused on whether states have the right to require e-commerce sellers to collect taxes on sales made by their residents. For several years the answer was a decided “no.”