TEXAS – Governor, Greg Abbott, signed House Bill 1525 requiring Marketplace Facilitators to collect and remit tax on behalf of marketplace sellers starting October 1, 2019. The bill expands the state’s authority to collect sales tax and is expected to generate $850 million dollars in online sales tax. A Marketplace Facilitator is defined as a…
Oregon – U.S. Senators, Ron Wyden, and Jeff Merkley reintroduced legislation that would stop states with a sales tax from creating red tape for small businesses in Oregon. This bill is a result of last year’s Supreme Court ruling in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. “Small businesses in Oregon have been tied up in a…
