Internet Sales Tax – Federal Legislation Introduced
According to an email sent out to ebay Main Street members today:
Last Friday, federal legislation was introduced that attempts to address the uncertainty caused by the Supreme Court ruling. Led by Representatives Jim Sensenbrenner, Anna Eshoo, Zoe Lofgren and Jeff Duncan, this bipartisan solution aims to provide a clear and sensible framework for collecting sales taxes from remote businesses that sell online and would exempt small businesses until such a framework is in place. At the same time, eBay announced that it had collected over a million signatures from Americans like you in support of such legislation.
Also see: From the ebay Main Street blog earlier this week:
As we stated earlier on this blog, now that the Supreme Court has regrettably voted the wrong way on this, at least as far as internet SMBs are concerned, a federal nationwide solution which makes sense is sorely needed and Congress must act. Let’s hope this is a real step in that direction.
