Post by Logan on Jun 27, 2016 4:58:49 GMT -6
Could Tennessee join fight to collect sales taxes from internet retailers?
NASHVILLE — Gov. Bill Haslam wants Tennessee to join a growing group of states seeking to force either Congress or the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit rulings preventing collection of sales taxes from out-of-state online retailers.
State Department of Revenue officials will hold a rulemaking hearing in August on a proposed rule that administration officials hope will tear down that barrier and let the tax dollars roll in.
The rule would require out-of-state online companies with more than $500,000 a year in Tennessee sales to collect and remit sales taxes to the state starting July 1, 2017.
Adopting the rule is a multistep process. If adopted, it's virtually certain to be challenged in court. And that's the primary objective of the strategy being pushed by states like Alabama, South Dakota and now Tennessee.
Read more: www.timesfreepress.com/news/politics/state/story/2016/jun/26/haslam-joins-states-fight-collect-sales-taxes/372997/
NASHVILLE — Gov. Bill Haslam wants Tennessee to join a growing group of states seeking to force either Congress or the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit rulings preventing collection of sales taxes from out-of-state online retailers.
State Department of Revenue officials will hold a rulemaking hearing in August on a proposed rule that administration officials hope will tear down that barrier and let the tax dollars roll in.
The rule would require out-of-state online companies with more than $500,000 a year in Tennessee sales to collect and remit sales taxes to the state starting July 1, 2017.
Adopting the rule is a multistep process. If adopted, it's virtually certain to be challenged in court. And that's the primary objective of the strategy being pushed by states like Alabama, South Dakota and now Tennessee.
Read more: www.timesfreepress.com/news/politics/state/story/2016/jun/26/haslam-joins-states-fight-collect-sales-taxes/372997/