Facing Congress: Making All Retailers Equal

What you buy and how you buy it.

"We ought to have a structure in place in the states that treats all retail the same. Small retailers are collecting (sales tax) on the first dollar of any sale they make, and it's only fair that other retailers who are selling to those same customers the same product have those same obligations."

--Matthew Shay, president and CEO of the National Retail Federation on the online sales tax passed by the Senate, one that is long overdue (here)

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