SCOTUS: States Can Force Online Retailers to Collect Sales Tax

In a 5-4 decision that broke across the court’s usual ideological lines (Kennedy, Thomas, Alito, Ginsburg, and Gorsuch in favor, Roberts, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan dissenting), the Supreme Court has ruled in South Dakota v. Wayfair that states can force online retailers to collect sales tax for them, rejecting previous Quill Corp. v. North Dakota … Continue reading SCOTUS: States Can Force Online Retailers to Collect Sales Tax