BigBadToyStore to Begin Collecting Sales Tax in Select States
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 6:20 pm
Thanks to a heads up from Seibertronian o.supreme, we have word that last year's South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. Supreme Court Ruling is set to have some impacts on the way that online retailers provide us with Transformers products.
For those who didn't follow the story, South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. was a United States Supreme Court case where it was determined on a 5-4 vote that individual States have the right to tax online retailers, even if those online retailers don't have locations within those states. Prior to the ruling, States were not allowed to tax online retailers if said retailer did not have a location within their state.
The ruling now means that states are able to tax stores like BigBadToyStore, which is the store that brought this new reach of the ruling to our attention. Stores like Amazon.com and Hasbro Pulse already charge sales tax, but BigBadToyStore, along with other site sponsors, have been pretty free from that sales tax reach until now. We learned this information thanks to an email sent to o.supreme.
While we are beginning to see the effects of the ruling, we have probably not seen the full extent of the rulings reach.
Read up on the email below, which includes the 3 states set to charge taxes as of April 1, and let us know what you think in the comments section below.
For those who didn't follow the story, South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. was a United States Supreme Court case where it was determined on a 5-4 vote that individual States have the right to tax online retailers, even if those online retailers don't have locations within those states. Prior to the ruling, States were not allowed to tax online retailers if said retailer did not have a location within their state.
The ruling now means that states are able to tax stores like BigBadToyStore, which is the store that brought this new reach of the ruling to our attention. Stores like Amazon.com and Hasbro Pulse already charge sales tax, but BigBadToyStore, along with other site sponsors, have been pretty free from that sales tax reach until now. We learned this information thanks to an email sent to o.supreme.
While we are beginning to see the effects of the ruling, we have probably not seen the full extent of the rulings reach.
Read up on the email below, which includes the 3 states set to charge taxes as of April 1, and let us know what you think in the comments section below.
Last June the Supreme Court ruled that states can charge sales tax on internet purchases. Many states already have laws in effect or laws that will be going into effect soon. We anticipate most states will have sales tax laws in place by the end of the year. States write their own tax laws so each state can be different, but we expect the majority of internet retailers will have to collect sales tax in most states. We are required to abide by these laws.
On April 1st, we will begin charging sales tax in the following states:
- California
- Colorado
- Minnesota
All shipments going to these states will be subject to sales tax. You are receiving this notice because you currently have open pre-orders and/or items in your Pile of Loot that will be affected based on the Preferred Address in your account. You will be charged tax on: pre-orders that arrive and are processed, any items in your Pile of Loot that are released for shipment, and all new orders.