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I'm not so sure about that. When Amazon challenged New York State over sales tax it wasn't over whether NYS could charge a "use" tax for goods purchased online,
by eli 11y ago
I'm not so sure about that. When Amazon challenged New York State over sales tax it wasn't over whether NYS could charge a "use" tax for goods purchased online, it was over whether customers had to submit the tax themselves or whether Amazon was obligated to withhold it.
- JoshTriplett 11y agoI haven't seen a court case against any individual or business over "use tax", but I'm skeptical that rebranding an inter-state sales tax as a use tax suddenly makes it Constitutionally acceptable, given that it taxes the same thing. Nonetheless, neither of us are lawyers, and that question probably won't be settled unless someone actually takes it to a sufficiently high court.