Encourage Congress to oppose the Marketplace Fairness Act (S. 336/H.R.684). As currently written, the bill will hurt online businesses by forcing them to collect state sales taxes in states in which they do not operate.
The bill also gives tax collectors in every state unprecedented authority to threaten out-of-state businesses with costly audits and unnecessary litigation. Tax collection software does not solve this issue for small businesses, nor does it guard against the significant liability issues small businesses could face.
Online businesses should not be saddled with new tax burdens. I am concerned that this current bill may shut down online businesses, costing jobs and reducing competition that benefits consumers.