03-22-2006, 02:12 PM
Quote: About 20 states are recouping revenue lost to unpaid sales tax on web and catalog purchases by simply asking taxpayers to estimate it in their tax returns. New York leads the way with $17 million garnered in each of the first two years of the program...
Retailers with interstate sales are not required to collect sales tax when they have no physical presence in their customers state, and many promote on their web sites that consumers in certain states can purchase things tax-free.
But what many consumers in such situations dont realize, says John Logan, senior tax analyst for CCH Inc., is that they are still required by law to pay any due sales or use tax to their home state...
full article: http://www.internetretailer.com/dailyNews.asp?id=17979