State of Wayfair: Ohio Getting Rid of Cookies?

Ohio wants to join the sales tax revolution.

The state’s GOP-dominated House and Senate have competing views on tax policies, but in general they want to lower taxes. That is, for pretty much everyone other than out-of-state sellers.

The Ohio Senate’s version of the state operating budget bill, introduced June 11, would require remote vendors to collect and remit the state’s 5.75% sales tax when they exceed thresholds of $100,000 in annual sales or more than 200 transactions sourced to buyers in the state. The bill would also extend tax collection and remittance obligations to marketplace facilitators. The provisions ...