It’s official Minnesota will require major online sites to collect Minnesota’s 6.875 percent sales tax starting July 1, 2013. Good news for brick and mortar shops who have felt the lack of online tax (or really lack of enforcing online tax) has been unfair. Bad news for shoppers and large online retailers. Small online businesses are still exempt from the tax. The Pioneer Press reports…
The new law will have some wrinkles that don’t completely close the online tax-free opening. Smaller e-commerce sites are still not covered. Nor are online retailers that don’t have affiliated partners or physical stores in Minnesota. An affiliated partner would be a third-party seller that a retail site such as Amazon connects with an online buyer.
