INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb is praising a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that says states can force online shoppers to pay sales tax.
The 5-4 decision Thursday overturns earlier rulings, which determined companies shipping products to states where they didn’t have a physical presence weren’t obligated to collect the state’s sales tax.
States have long complained that they were losing out on billions of dollars of revenue as a result.
Indiana lawmakers anticipated federal legislation or a ruling like the one handed down Thursday. They approved a 2017 law that laid the groundwork for the state to collect online sales taxes.
Holcomb says he’s taking a close look at the ruling to see how it will impact Indiana.
Either way, he says it will “level the playing field” for retail stores.
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Does anyone believe Holcomb is a Republican anymore? I strongly doubt it. This guy would tax the tax if he could get it done. He reminds me of the pretend homeless people that beg for money on all the corners of South Bend claiming they have not eaten for days…. Holcomb pretends that Indiana is in dire straights and he needs the money…We all know that is a lie and has been a lie since the day he took office. He just got a new gas tax and can’t decide where to spend all of that revenue yet. Holcomb says the new tax will “level the playing field” for retail stores. Does anyone believe he gives a Sh$t about retail stores? If he did he would lower their portion of the sales tax but of coarse that would never happen. I can’t wait to vote for anyone else. At least with a democrat you expect to pay more taxes.
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When did the “no new taxes” republicans become the “tax and spend” republicans???