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(Unverified)Apr 14th 2008 12:00PM

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I'm a bit confused, like everybody else here it seems. Either the law means (A) "businesses in NY that sell online to consumers in NY must collect NY sales tax", or it means (B) "businesses anywhere that sell online to consumers in NY must collect NY sales tax". (A) is obvious, and AFAIK is the policy already in every single state that charges a sales tax. (B) is totally insane, unconstitutional, and unenforceable. Especially with the update to the original post, it sounds more like A than B, which begs the question... why issue a new law at all?

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