[Rhia7]

"U.S. Constitution forbids Internet tax"
Published in the Reporter
Posted: 04/03/2009 01:04:27 AM PDT

The main focus of this letter is on out of state taxation with a mention of Article I, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution prohibiting the taxation of articles of commerce from one state to another.

http://www.thereporter.com/opinion/ci_12062354

[Alan Hamilton]

I enjoyed reading the open letter; enough so that I added a comment. Upon posting my comment, it then takes you to a solicitation to "get paid for reading email?" I was disappointed to see that, but oh well...

[Joshua]

"U.S. Constitution forbids Internet tax"
Published in the Reporter
Posted: 04/03/2009 01:04:27 AM PDT

The main focus of this letter is on out of state taxation with a mention of Article I, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution prohibiting the taxation of articles of commerce from one state to another.

http://www.thereporter.com/opinion/ci_12062354
The problem is that use tax regulations have been around for quite some time (1935 in California), and have probably been tested against the constitution at some time. http://www.boe.ca.gov/sutax/faqusetax.htm has more information on the use tax. Technically, you're supposed to pay use tax on anything bought from out of state that you didn't pay state sales tax on.