Online sales tax is based upon the Amazon legislation. In exchange for a "sales tax holiday" for a few years, Amazon has been negotiating with states to build distribution centers for faster shipping. They have been negotiating with NJ, where I live, for a few months. Texas and California did theirs a few months ago. Most legislation is aimed at Amazon as there are size parameters of capital investments, job creation, employee benefits, etc. If anyone wants to have a blast reading legislation, I can link to the NJ draft bills, there are a few competing bills.
Expect more of this in future as Amazon looks to increase their presence for distribution and warehouse sites. More annoying for me, living in NJ, I face the 18.5% BP on REA plus 7% sales tax. It definitely impacts my bidding.
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