Sales tax is a nightmare for corporation. It is not merely a 50 state thing. Cities and counties have different sales tax rates for different shopping malls, sometimes. I worked at T-Mobile with the tax department and it is amazing what we had to do to jump through the tax hoops every time we did something that affected retail sales.
I think that is the reason Amazon is backing this. I am taking an educated guess that it is saying that firms like Amazon would only have to charge one sales tax rate per state regardless of WHERE in the state the item is being sold. That would make data processing a very simple thing.
It is also very reasonable.
I love getting the “no sales tax” on online purchases, but I confess taht I don’t think it is fair to the brick and mortar businesses. This would be fair to everyone involved.
There are 7,500 + tax jurisdictions in America. A total and complete nightmare for any nation-wide company.
The way Amazon is set up, that would be a nightmare! There must be some reason they are for it. They probably figure they will end up with some of the taxes collected. Anyway, I’m done with Amazon forever. Side with dems, you are dead to me, end of story.