Congress Troubleshooting Fix to Retailer Sales Tax Woes

The chairman of a House subcommittee says he is trying to build a bipartisan coalition to examine how Congress can help online retailers navigate America’s patchwork of state sales tax laws.

Appearing on Tuesday before the House Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access, witnesses asked for a “simple-straightforward taxing regime,” to deal with the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2018 South Dakota v. Wayfair ruling.

That decision, which permitted states to tax remote sellers with no physical presence in their jurisdictions, led to an explosion of compliance problems for businesses operating remotely in the United ...