Why the Online Sales-Tax Ruling May Have Limited Impact - McDermott Will & Emery

Why the Online Sales-Tax Ruling May Have Limited Impact

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Stephen Kranz said that some smaller online retailers already have been charging sales tax to avoid having to provide state governments with their customer data so the state can charge the sale tax directly. “That kind of invasion of consumer privacy has led many companies to decide they didn’t want to give up their customer data,” he said. “They’d rather keep the data and collect the tax.”