Amazon sellers ask: in light of the recent Supreme Court ruling in the Wayfair case allowing states to require retailers to collect sales tax even where they have no physical presence, will e-commerce sellers need to pay this tax retroactively? According to the ruling of the Supreme Court, South Dakota’s law is not retroactive. The...
E-commerce sellers ask: Is the new Supreme Court ruling in the Wayfair case really a big victory for consumers and retailers? Is this a defeat for us? It really depends on what “victory” and “defeat” mean. Up until now, brick and mortar retailers were claiming that they were at a disadvantage because they needed to...
As an a e-commerce seller perhaps you have heard about sales tax but only in passing or perhaps you think it is not relevant to you. In this article we will discuss how sales tax is collected and from whom and how this impacts you as an e-commerce seller. First, the basics. States need to...
