Midland Paper – Trade Associations Sue Massachusetts Over Internet Sales Tax
NetChoice and ACMA allege that the regulation, called Directive 17-1: Requirement that Out-of-State Internet Vendors with Significant Massachusetts Sales Must Collect Sales or Use Tax, “imposes an obligation on certain internet vendors to collect and remit sales or use tax on electronic commerce that aren’t imposed on other vendors who do or might make sales of similar goods and services through some other means.” Catalog, mail order, television infomercial and toll-free calls are all considered “other means.”