Money Talks: E-retailing
Tuesday, May 18 2010
by Frank Stasio and Susan Davis
A year ago, the North Carolina legislature passed a complicated law aimed at forcing online retail giants like Amazon.com and Overstock.com to collect state sales taxes. Lawmakers hoped for a windfall to help balance the state's looming shortfall. It's not working. Elon University Assistant Professor of Law Andrew Haile joins host Frank Stasio to discuss the history of taxing (or not taxing) online retailers and how rethinking a Supreme Court case from 1992 might change the way everyone does business online.
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