Amazon Storage Can Give Holiday Sellers a Sales Tax Headache

As holiday sales surge, online sellers who rely on third-party warehouses may overlook sales tax obligations, especially when they do business on both their own websites and marketplaces like Amazon.com Inc.

Many independent retailers rely on services like Fulfillment by Amazon, which allows them to keep their products in Amazon’s warehouses while the e-commerce giant handles storage, shipping, customer service, and returns. While Amazon and competitors like Walmart Inc. have offered this service for years, the sales tax landscape has grown more complicated since the US Supreme Court empowered states to collect sales tax from remote sellers in its 2018 ...