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The US Supreme Court is considering a case against online retailers who do not charge sales tax, writes The New York Post.

The case concerns the rule that allows retailers who do not have physical outlets with headquarters in the states without sales tax to sell goods online in all states without charging a sales tax. It was established by a Supreme Court decision about 20 years ago, when the court ruled that if the retailer does not have a store or warehouse in the state, he sells the goods online and at the same time his headquarters is in the state without sales tax, then this merchant has the right do not pay such a tax.

Now more than 40 states are asking the Supreme Court to revise this rule, stating that they are losing "billions of dollars in possible tax revenues each year."

At the same time, small online stores claim that the abolition of this rule may take them out of business due to too high taxes in some states. At the same time, they say, large retailers such as Apple, Macy's, Target and Walmart, who carry out online trading, but also have physical stores throughout the country, usually charge a sales tax.

For many years, raising the question of this rule was mainly due to Amazon, Which accounts for almost half of US retail sales, while the company operates primarily online.

But as the company grew and developed, it began to build more and more warehouses in different states, and from 2017 onwards Amazon levies a sales tax in every state in the United States where this tax is provided.

But third-party sellers who use the online giant as a platform to trade their goods have the right to make their own decisions about paying these taxes.

And the case before the Supreme Court may affect these third-party vendors. Sellers on platforms eBay and Etsy may also suffer.

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