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SCOTUS Says States Can Collect Sales Tax From Online Retailers
Play!["[W]e believe the proper solution is for the federal law to change in a way that actually has every state collecting from every online retailer," said Wayfair CEO Niraj Shah. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)](https://wordpress.wbur.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/0510_online-sales-tax01-1000x698.jpg)
The Supreme Court today ruled on South Dakota vs. Wayfair, writing that states can collect sales taxes from businesses even if they do not have a physical presence in the state. The 5-4 ruling effectively overturned its own 1992 decision in Quill vs. North Dakota that restricted states from collecting some sales taxes.
Guests
Nancy Gertner, former Massachusetts federal judge, senior lecturer at Harvard Law School and WBUR legal analyst. She tweets @ngertner.
Richard Jones, tax attorney at Sullivan and Worcester in Boston.
This segment aired on June 21, 2018.
