Remote Retailers Held Liable for Tax Collection in Washington: Lessons from Orthotic Shop Case

• Remote sellers cannot avoid tax responsibilities by using a marketplace.
• The case involved a dispute over retailing B&O tax and sales tax on sales made on an online retailer’s website.
• The merchants argued that the online retailer should be responsible for tax collection, but the Court of Appeals disagreed.
• The merchants were found liable for retailing B&O tax and sales tax on their sales.
• The merchants’ failure to list the online retailer as the seller on their sales pages was fatal to their argument.
• Ignorance of the law is not a valid defense.

Source: insidesalt.com

Note that this post was (partially) written with the help of AI. It is always useful to review the original source material, and where needed to obtain (local) advice from a specialist.

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