The Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a decision by the New York Court of Appeals that forced online websites like Amazon and Overstock to collect sales taxes from customers even if the companies did not have in-state brick-and-mortar locations, according to the Washington Post.
Amazon and Overstock.com petitioned for a Supreme Court review of a March decision to uphold a state law enacted in 2008 that requires online retailers to collect sales taxes. The New York Court of Appeals argued that because both online companies have relationships with third-party companies in state, they should have to collect the tax.
In October, the Illinois Supreme Court also ruled a state online sales tax law unconstitutional.
