Gov. Bill Haslam renewed the case for his internet sales tax proposal on Cyber Monday, calling the current structure unfair to Tennessee small businesses.
The measure would require out-of-state businesses to collect and pay a sales tax if their sales exceed $500,000. It is part of a larger effort to pressure Congress or the Supreme Court to address the issue nationally.
"This isn't a new tax," Haslam said. "This is a tax that's already owed on goods that are just being bought a different way, and it's just not fair to our local retailers - our local retailers who pay property tax and collect sales tax and sponsor the Little League baseball team. For them to do all that and to be at a price disadvantage with somebody out of state who doesn't have to, that's just not fair."
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