Missouri Takes Its Time Implementing Tax on E-Commerce

The Week in Wayfair: The world of e-commerce selling is still adapting to the U.S. Supreme Court’s groundbreaking 2018 ruling in South Dakota v. Wayfair, which permitted states to impose tax collection duties on remote retailers based on economic activity rather than physical presence. Missouri made history this week, becoming the final sales tax state to enact an economic presence law. Meanwhile, Wisconsin sewed up a gap in its law affecting online travel marketplaces and Massachusetts discussed a proposed two-month sales tax holiday.

With the signature of Gov. Mike Parson (R) Wednesday, Missouri became the last of the ...