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(Unverified)Apr 13th 2008 11:24PM

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Jackie,

You are correct about in-state presence. It's still hard to collect the taxes because the burden of responsibility is on the merchant to match the sales taxes in the destination area, too. Merchant A has a physical presence in Buffalo but needs to ship to (pick any other area) so they are legally required to collect the taxes which apply in the destination. How can the company realistically know the town council of Pig Nuckle decided to add a tax of their own? It gets really sticky when food and medicines are sold. The classificiations vary between districts so what might be considered a non-taxable or low tax food item might be considered a processed food item with full tax in another. This is one reason non-POS retail is attractive.

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