But technically, under the law, they still owe those taxes each year when they file their PA state income taxes.
Living along the Columbia River affords many from Washington to shop in Oregon. Likewise many from Oregon come across the river to shop in Washington. In Washington cashiers often ask, "are you Washington?" Washington allows sales to Oregonians to be sans sales tax, there is no sales tax in Oregon. Of course the cashiers in Oregon do not ask about your residency to add a sales tax.
In Washington we do not have an income tax, so no one claims out of state purchases "when they file their WA state income taxes."
This will likely be a software fix where the money is collected through the entity facilitating payment. If so desired it could even be determined by Zip Code. Though if that were the case, Post Offices and Mail Address services will be booming close to the border in states without a sales tax.
Every piece of legislation will almost instantly have people trying to figure ways to get around such laws and regulations. That is only one way of how our laws end up so convoluted.
jtk
Last edited by Jim Koepke; 06-22-2018 at 2:13 PM.
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