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March 4, 2015

Supreme Court allows ‘Amazon tax' challenge

  • Justice Anthony Kennedy noted the “startling revenue shortfall” from untaxed Internet sales and the unfairness to local retailers and customers who pay taxes at stores.
    • By SAM HANANEL
    Associated Press

    WASHINGTON — A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that federal courts can hear a dispute over Colorado's Internet tax law. One justice suggested it was time to reconsider the ban on state collection of sales taxes from companies outside their borders.

    The ruling is a win for business groups that want to challenge the state's so-called “Amazon tax,” which requires extensive reporting by out-of-state retailers that don't collect the state's 2.9 percent sales tax from Colorado customers.


     
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