An employee works at an Amazon distribution center in Fernley, Nev.
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Bob CorkerCARTHAGE, Tenn. – U.S. Sen. Bob Corker said Tuesday it may take years before Congress enacts legislation letting states collect sales taxes to items sold over the Internet.
Corker, R-Tenn., said he realizes the sales tax issue “is a problem” not only for state and local governments but for traditional retailers.
“I have a feeling that, over the next three or four years, it’s something that will be resolved, I really do,” Corker told reporters following an address to the Smith County Chamber of Commerce.
Corker said he can’t say if he will support legislation sponsored by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., that would let states compel Internet retailers to collect sales taxes when they do not have a physical presence in a state.
“I don’t know,” Corker said. “I don’t know what the details of it are. I know that it [legislation] is actually changing right now.”