Online shopping generated 11 percent of Petersburg's FY24 sales tax revenue 

Before a 2018 U.S. Supreme Court decision removed the legal barrier to apply local sales taxes to online purchases, states and municipalities were blocked from collecting sales taxes from sellers that did not have a physical presence in the tax jurisdiction. Most online merchants declined to collect sales taxes on goods shipped into states and cities with a local tax. Residents of Petersburg could purchase tax-free orders from Walmart, Eddie Bauer and other vendors online.

After the ruling, to coordinate remote sales tax collection from online vendors into Alaska, the Alaska Municipal League s...

 

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