Re:To collect sales tax or not?
by greenyoda on Tuesday June 09, 2015 @01:28PM
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According to Nolo.com[1]:
"If an online retailer has a physical presence in a particular state, such as a store, business office, or warehouse, it must collect sales tax from customers in that state. If a business does not have a physical presence in a state, it is not required to collect sales tax for sales into that state. This rule is derived from a 1992 Supreme Court decision which held that mail-order merchants did not need to collect sales taxes for sales into states where they did not have a physical presence."
Since your business, being located outside the U.S., presumably has no physical presence in any U.S. state, it doesn't seem like you need to collect sales tax.
"If an online retailer has a physical presence in a particular state, such as a store, business office, or warehouse, it must collect sales tax from customers in that state. If a business does not have a physical presence in a state, it is not required to collect sales tax for sales into that state. This rule is derived from a 1992 Supreme Court decision which held that mail-order merchants did not need to collect sales taxes for sales into states where they did not have a physical presence."
Since your business, being located outside the U.S., presumably has no physical presence in any U.S. state, it doesn't seem like you need to collect sales tax.
[1] http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/sales-tax-internet-29...