[LINK] Online sales tax thrown out in US court case

[Jan Whitaker]

[I know this is a US case, but we have had a push for similar here. 
Keep in mind that sales tax is a state tax in the US, not a national 
GST like here, so the inter-state impacts are different there.]


Colorado judge rules against online sales tax


5:11 PM, Apr 3, 2012

http://www.9news.com/news/article/260652/188/Colorado-judge-rules-against-online-sales-tax-

DENVER (AP) - Colorado's tax on online retailers such as Amazon.com 
has been thrown out by a federal judge.

U.S. District Judge Robert Blackburn ruled that the 2010 law did not 
treat in-state and out-of-state retailers even-handedly.

<http://goo.gl/2AotU>The Denver Post reported that the Colorado 
Department of Revenue did not immediately say whether it planned to 
appeal the ruling, which was issued Friday.

Blackburn's ruling leaves the status quo in place; the court blocked 
the law on a temporary basis last year.

Cash-strapped states across the country are grappling with how to 
capture the sales tax revenues that go uncollected from online 
purchases. Congress has debated a federal regulation of online sales 
taxes, but not agreed on a regulation.

Amazon has said it prefers a single nationwide online sales taxing scheme.



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