I thought this was controlled by the Federal Gov't, not states. Interstate commerce and all that. Don't they vote every so often to reinstate the exemption??
Usually on web sites you pay taxes only in the states where the merchant has a physical presence - be it a storefront or an office.
Like everything else though, the rules are probably murky and conflict with each other and federal law.
My state actually has a line on the income tax form where you can volunteer to declare how much of out-of-state and online purchases you have made and can send in the unpaid sales tax. Hilarious!
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