The U.S. Supreme Court is asked to take on 5,000 or more cases every year. The number they actually hear is between 100 and 150, so whenever a decision is made, these highly prioritized cases are bound to generate interest. That was certainly the case with the eCommerce community in early March when the highest court in the land made a decision on Direct Marketing Association v. Brohl, which is more popularly known as the Colorado “Amazon tax” case. The case...

After a new sales tax regulation went into effect Jan. 1, some eCommerce companies found themselves in scramble mode. For proponents of having online sales treated the same as sales through brick-and-mortar locations, however, their day has finally come true in Illinois, at least partially. Legislators in Illinois have worked for many months to create an online sale tax law to help bolster state revenues. The state’s supreme court rejected an earlier measure because it violated a federal rule against discriminatory...

The debate over imposing Internet sales taxes has been a fairly ongoing one since the U.S. Senate passed the Marketplace Fairness Act back in May 2013. And yet again, the legislation, which grants states the authority to require retailers to collect sales tax for online transactions, is in the spotlight.   One of the major reasons that the Marketplace Fairness Act has been contested is the potential blow that it could impose on small business owners. The complexities of drawing sales...