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In Quill Corp. v. North Dakota, the Supreme Court very unambiguously ruled that a state cannot force out-of-state companies that have no physical presence in th
by alexbock 10y ago
In Quill Corp. v. North Dakota, the Supreme Court very unambiguously ruled that a state cannot force out-of-state companies that have no physical presence in that state to collect sales tax. If Netflix has agreed to collect sales tax in Pennsylvania, I think they're either doing it voluntarily for political reasons or because they have some physical presence in Pennsylvania for some reason.
- cwzwarich 10y agoSurely there must be some Netflix equipment in a datacenter in Pennsylvania.
- gruez 10y agoI wonder if renting servers in a state counts as physical presence. What about using a CDN that has a PoP in that state?
- mikereedell 10y agoThey have a DVD center in Pheonixville, just west of Philadelphia.