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Retailers Pushing Internet Sales Tax

Retailers Pushing Internet Sales Tax

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Small businesses in South Dakota and across the country are pushing Congress to pass an overall internet sales tax. It would push sales taxes back to the states where those sales originate.

South Dakota Retailers Association Executive Director Shawn Lyons says the name of the proposal has changed, but the aim has not…

 

Lyons says while consumers claim it is an additional tax, it really isn’t…

 

Lyons says estimates are that it could mean as much as forty million dollars a year to South Dakota.

Lyons says there may be some compromises on the horizon…

 

Lyons says they don’t think the lame duck session of Congress will make much progress on the issue.

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