U.S. Supreme Court to Review Bid to Collect Internet Sales Tax
- South Dakota says 1992 ban on many tax collections is obsolete
- States could have collected $13 billion more in 2017, GAO says
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The U.S. Supreme Court will consider freeing state and local governments to collect billions of dollars in sales taxes from online retailers, agreeing to revisit a 26-year-old ruling that has made much of the internet a tax-free zone.
Heeding calls from traditional retailers and dozens of states, the justices said they’ll hear South Dakota’s contention that the 1992 ruling is obsolete in the e-commerce era and should be overturned.