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Originally Posted by Dulin's Books
or pass a law that says the transactions occur in the state in which the company resides. then companies could just be responsible for the sales tax owed to the state they reside in just like physical retailers. i would have to collect the Oregon state tax from whomever visited my store- be they from in state, out of state or even out of country- and consumers could decide where they want to shop.
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But that wouldn't address the real issue at all. The real issue is that if you buy a book from a mom & pop store down the street, you have to pay your state's sales tax on that item, but if you buy the exact same item from Amazon, you *don't* have to pay sales tax. Requiring someone to pay the sales tax of a different state makes things more confusing, but it doesn't really help fix the issue.