Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 10:08:33 -0800 (PST)
From: Neil Ottenstein <nottenst at yahoo.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Shopping online?
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

--- samlubell at verizon.net wrote:
> I think you are misreading the argument.  The sales
> tax that applies is that of the *buyer's* state, not
> the seller's.  So technically, this does not violate
> interstate commerce as the out of state merchant
> would just collect the tax from the in-state
> resident doing the purchasing.  And so moving the
> merchant to a sales-tax free state won't help.
> Moving out of the country might.

Some online merchants have already been charging sales
tax for some purchases.  I believe buy.com does when I
ship something to myself.  If I sending it as a gift
to someone else in another state, they haven't charged
it.

Neil