Amazon's Sales Tax Collection Deals Show Shift in Strategy, Legal Landscape - McDermott Will & Emery

Amazon’s Sales Tax Collection Deals Show Shift in Strategy, Legal Landscape

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Arthur Rosen stated that more online retailers are feeling forced to collect state sales tax because “states, either through legislation, regulatory action, or through outrageously aggressive audit action are intimidating some vendors to yield their constitutional rights as articulated by the Supreme Court in Quill,” Although congressional action could address the problem. Mr. Rosen said he had “no reason to believe there will be any major changes in this Congress.”