The SCOTUS ruling overturning Quill/Bellas Hess in South Dakota v. Wayfair is good news for Arizona businesses and taxpayers. The court sided with South Dakota and invalidated the “physical presence” test for the collection of sales taxes on remote sellers. The Court made the case for why South Dakota’s simplified sales tax law does not burden out-of-state (remote) sellers, but also insisted that states with more complex or overreaching laws would be in violation of the commerce clause. Known for having one of the most complex and burdensome sales tax systems in the United States, Arizona will be forced to simplify its sales tax if it wishes to require out of state sellers collect sales taxes in Arizona.
June, 2018
