Taxes may be a bigger part of online shopping this season: US


  • TECH
  • Monday, 26 Nov 2018

Whether shoppers get charged sales tax on their online purchases comes down to where they live and where they're shopping.

Shoppers heading online to purchase holiday gifts will find they're being charged sales tax at some websites where they weren't before. The reason: the Supreme Court.

A June ruling gave states the go-ahead to require more companies to collect sales tax on online purchases. Now, more than two dozen have moved to take advantage of the ruling, many ahead of the busy holiday shopping season.

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