The States took a big Mail order office supply company to Court. About 20 of the states jumped on the bandwagon. It went all the way to the US Supreme court. The Supreme court said it was way beyond the scope of any business to be able to figure out the 15,000 different sales tax rates in the United States. The decision left the door open to the states if they could get together and get a non confusing tax like maybe even just one tax rate per zip code. The States have loved having the authority to individualize taxes to local areas as small as one block square areas. They are paying the price of Tax complications. I believe there are 4 states without sales tax, Montana, Oregon, Alaska, and I think New Hampshire. If the Office supply company had had only 46 different tax rates to deal with the Supreme Court would have sided with the states.
↧