>Uh, who brought in residents of different states?
That's the whole point of this issue. It involves parties in different states.
You're argument is that if someone from state A does business in state B, then it is the responsbility of the business in state B to collect the sales tax required by state A.
How can you not understand why this is a terrible argument? It means that every business would have to know and calculate the sales tax for all 49 other states and that every purchase would require proof of residence to verify which sales tax needed to be charged. Then the business would have to deal with filing taxes in 50 separate states.
Ugh...I can't even imagine how this makes any sense to anyone.
That's the whole point of this issue. It involves parties in different states.
You're argument is that if someone from state A does business in state B, then it is the responsbility of the business in state B to collect the sales tax required by state A.
How can you not understand why this is a terrible argument? It means that every business would have to know and calculate the sales tax for all 49 other states and that every purchase would require proof of residence to verify which sales tax needed to be charged. Then the business would have to deal with filing taxes in 50 separate states.
Ugh...I can't even imagine how this makes any sense to anyone.