Reuters: Politics: Online sales tax clears Senate, fight seen in House

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Online sales tax clears Senate, fight seen in House May 6th 2013, 23:10 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Obama taps former lobbyist Wheeler as telecoms regulator Wed, May 1 2013 Obama taps Representative Watt as housing regulator Wed, May 1 2013 Special Report: How Google UK clouds its tax liabilities Wed, May 1 2013 Italy's Letta wins confidence vote after pledging growth drive Mon, Apr 29 2013 Congress passes plan to ease flight delays Fri, Apr 26 2013 Analysis & Opinion Essential reading: Tax rewrite favored by Republicans, and more Business, taxes and responsibility House Speaker John Boehner holds a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington March 21, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Gary Cameron WASHINGTON | Mon May 6, 2013 6:55pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Monday cast a majority of votes to give states the power to enforce their sales tax laws on online purchases, but the bill was expected to stall later in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. The Senate had cast more than 60 votes for the legislation with voting still under way. Approval required 51 votes. After a decade-long push for the change in tax law by brick-and-mortar retailers, the Senate backed allowing state governments to require out-of-state retailers to collect sales tax on purchases made over the Internet, even if the e-tailer has no physical presence in the purchaser's state. (Reporting by Kim Dixon; Editing by Kevin Drawbaugh) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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