In June 2018, the United States Supreme Court ruled that states should impose some sort of remote tax laws on local retailers that sell their wares online to people out of state, tossing out the old legal threshold of “physical presence” designed for the pre-internet era. However, the Court purposefully left the ruling vague, leaving states with a degree of freedom to move forward with what suited them. Laws vary greatly by state, and so it is very important to be familiar with your state’s laws prior to Cyber Monday, or you could find yourself in some hot water and red tape.
