The Senate of the US Congress has passed the Market Place Fairness Act  on 6 May with bi-partisan support by a vote of 69 to 27. The legislation is meant to put online vendors on equal standing with “brick and mortar” stores in regard to tax collection. Currently most of the online vendors do not charge sales tax unless they have some sort of physical presence (i.e. “nexus”) in the state where they are selling to,Read More »