Reply #3: As far as I know, a seller only has to charge state sales tax if they have [View All]

[napi21]

a presence, or what the law calls nexus, in that state. That's why when you buy an item from Amazon, you don't have to pay ST, but if you order something from sears.com, you do have to pay it.

I've not heard about any individual states that have been successful in changing that, even though they've all been fighting fror it for many years. All your brick & mortar retailers have also been pushing for that as well, saying it gives unfair advantage to out of state sellers.