$50 million out of a total of $2 Billion. Yeah, that’s a good reason to add $billions in regulatory overhead to stores in other states to collect taxes for you.
Sorry, but the playing field is already level... I do a few online sales and collect tax in my state just like any other store. If someone from South Dakota comes to my store (or any other store in my state) it’s not up to us to find out what the tax should be and file a return for every municipality in the country.
The playing field is already level.
Shop in person, you pay sales tax.
Shop on line, and in most cases, you have to pay shipping.
(I’m a small eBay seller and I charge shipping).
It shouldn’t matter what state or city the customer resides in or makes the purchase from online. If out of your business address you make a sale, you collect state and/or city taxes on that transaction. Why is this so hard? Every business license requires a business address.