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Thursday's 5-4 ruling involves a 2016 law enacted by South Dakota requiring out-of-state e-commerce retailers to collect sales tax if they have more than 200 transactions annually or $100,000 in sales within the state.
June 21 -
States could gain $8 billion to $33.9 billion in additional annual revenue if the high court rules in favor of South Dakota, while a loss would mean the status quo.
June 8 -
Tax administrators will consult with governors and governors, in turn, will consult with their legislatures before responding to any of several possible rulings in the case by the high court, officials said.
June 1 -
Any change to the spending flexibility among governmental units that results from the court decision is likely to be incremental, according to Fitch.
May 31 -
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and other states are hoping to capitalize on gaming legalized by the Supreme Court's decision on Monday.
May 14 -
Many lawmakers in Congress have deferred to the high court on the issue in the belief that helping state and local governments collect sales tax for e-commerce might be construed as a new tax rather than an enforcement measure.
May 7 -
The case involves as much as $100 billion in state and local sales tax revenue over the next decade, according the e-commerce retailers that are defendants in the lawsuit.
April 18 -
The justices and attorneys both sides in a case involving South Dakota all appeared to prefer action by Congress to regulate this area of interstate commerce that has been forced on the high court by legislative gridlock.
April 17 -
A high court ruling on online sales taxes that favors the states “could gradually improve long-term revenue growth prospects,” Fitch said.
April 16 -
Both sides of the e-commerce sales tax debate tee up their arguments before the high court hears the case on Tuesday.
April 13