Pandemic Crash Puts E-Commerce in State Tax Crosshairs (Podcast)

Two years ago, the Supreme Court gave states the authority to collect sales tax from out-of-state online retailers with its historic Wayfair opinion. Now, with the pandemic blowing gaping holes in budgets across the country, the boom in online commerce is proving a bright spot.

On this week’s episode of our podcast, Talking Tax, host Amanda Iacone talks with reporters Michael J. Bologna and Tripp Baltz, about how Wayfair has changed state tax policies. They also discuss how states that were reluctant to aggressively pursue sales taxes from online retailers may quickly shed that reluctance now that they are starving for tax revenue.