[Ciexyz]

This is crap. There never used to be a tax on catalogue sales such as from Sears catalogue. So why start taxing out-of-state sales? Why can't a resident of New York buy from Nebraska, tax free? His home state had nothing to do with facilitating free commerce to its citizen, did nothing to earn that sales tax.

[RobRoy]

>>There never used to be a tax on catalogue sales such as from Sears catalogue. <<

Actually I think there always was, but it just wasn’t enforced. In my state (until tomorrow, that is), Washington, you are supposed to add up all your catalog purchases and send the state a check for the sales tax. If you don’t, you are technically breaking the law.

[discostu]

Catalog sales were taxes via normal sales tax if you and they were in the same state (recall those little boxes on the bottom say thing like “residents of Utah add 5%). And in most states if you weren’t in the same state you the buyer were supposed to self report. Nobody ever did of course, but you’re supposed to.

[pointsal]

His home state had nothing to do with facilitating free commerce to its citizen, did nothing to earn that sales tax. .

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I agree.... Don't feel the home state has any part of transaction.

[Yo-Yo]

This is crap. There never used to be a tax on catalogue sales such as from Sears catalogue.

At least for Michigan, yes, there was and is. You're supposed to self-report any mail order sales on your state income tax return.

Non-income tax states such as Florida have self-reporting forms that you are supposed to fill out and send in along with the sales tax payment.