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Volvo Diesel · #3 10-14-2019, 05:39 PM

I think this is an example of the law catching up with the times. This issue was the topic of a somewhat recent Supreme Court decision (‘Wayfair’) that overturned in part the ‘Quill’ case that was decided before online sales became a (if not the) primary method of commerce.

At any rate, as Rocky pointed out above, it was never the case that the sales were intended to be “tax free.” The purchaser was supposed to self-report the sale and pay their state’s use tax (at the same rate as the state sales tax) on the item. At least that is the way it was in Texas.