Missouri, Last ‘Wayfair’ Holdout, Moves to Tax Remote Sales (1)

The Missouri legislature on Friday gave final approval to a bill requiring remote sellers to collect use taxes on sales to Missouri buyers.

The bill (S.B. 153/97), means Missouri is one step away from becoming the last of the 45 sales tax states to assert its authority to tax e-commerce and other remote transactions since the 2018 South Dakota v. Wayfair decision. Florida enacted its own measure April 19.

“The last domino falls into place,” said Chuck Maniace, vice president, regulatory analysis and design for the tax software firm Sovos. “Every state with a sales tax ...