Sales tax might be lean in 1 jurisdiction but if you make companies pay it globally it's not. Huge amounts of complexity and many many jurisdictions. In some c

Sales tax might be lean in 1 jurisdiction but if you make companies pay it globally it's not. Huge amounts of complexity and many many jurisdictions. In some countries, even cities have sales tax not just counties or states. It would be a multi-million dollar project for a small company that does business worldwide online to figure out how and what to collect and pay in every jurisdiction it's customers are in and then file and pay the taxes to each entity.