Panel on Uniform Multi-State Sales Tax Has Long Uncertain Road

A panel looking to smooth out the state sales tax landscape after South Dakota v. Wayfair could spend up to two years examining the critical legal issues without any guarantee of even recommending changes.

Adam Thimmesch, a professor of tax law at the University of Nebraska College of Law and the technical lead for the Uniform Law Commission’s new committee examining state taxation of online sales, said he has more questions than answers.

In an interview with Bloomberg Tax, Thimmesch said the committee would hold its first meeting in June and spend up to two years studying state laws ...