{"id":3237,"date":"2019-08-30T12:58:28","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T12:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/?p=3237"},"modified":"2024-03-06T16:22:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T21:22:31","slug":"why-am-i-being-charged-sales-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/why-am-i-being-charged-sales-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"Why am I being charged Sales Tax?"},"content":{"rendered":"

While customers in New York are well accustomed to being charged Sales Tax by Proper Cloth, in 2019 Proper Cloth began collecting sales tax for customers in other US states as well. \u00a0While we\u2019re not lawyers, we\u2019ll do our best to explain what\u2019s going on here.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On June 21, 2018, the Supreme Court ruled in the case <\/span>South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc<\/a><\/span> that<\/span> \u201cstates<\/span> may charge tax on purchases made from out-of-state sellers, even if the seller doesn\u2019t have a physical presence in the taxing state.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Prior to this decision, ecommerce companies were only required to charge Sales Tax to customers in the states they had physical operations in, but with this ruling, the Supreme Court determined that ecommerce companies can be liable for Sales Tax in other states as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Immediately after the Supreme Court decision, it was unclear how each state was going to handle collecting sales tax from out-of-state retailers, so we didn\u2019t take any action. \u00a0However, more recently many states have made it clear they intend to chase out-of-state ecommerce companies for Sales Tax charges<\/span> (we\u2019ve<\/span> gotten a lot of scary letters in the mail).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Not every state is approaching this the same. \u00a0Some states have decided they won\u2019t collect sales tax from out-of-state retailers at all. \u00a0Other states have set thresholds based on the number of transactions or total revenue that an out-of-state retailer has in their state. \u00a0Based on these guidelines, Proper Cloth collects US sales tax wherever we believe we will be liable for it.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While customers in New York are well accustomed to being charged Sales Tax by Proper Cloth, in 2019 Proper Cloth began collecting sales tax for customers in other US states as well. \u00a0While we\u2019re not lawyers, … Read →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[875,869,872,878],"prod-type_taxonomy":[],"class_list":["post-3237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-checkout","tag-sales-tax","tag-taxes","tag-us-sales-tax"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhy am I being charged Sales Tax? - Proper Cloth Help<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn about the changes in sales tax: understand why Proper Cloth is now collecting sales tax for customers in other US states.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/why-am-i-being-charged-sales-tax\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why am I being charged Sales Tax?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learn about the changes in sales tax: understand why Proper Cloth is now collecting sales tax for customers in other US states.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/propercloth.com\/reference\/why-am-i-being-charged-sales-tax\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Proper Cloth Help\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/propercloth\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-08-30T12:58:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-06T21:22:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Paul\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/why-am-i-being-charged-sales-tax\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/why-am-i-being-charged-sales-tax\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Paul\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/80c396af55bcdb7d99a868c589cb4682\"},\"headline\":\"Why am I being charged Sales Tax?\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-08-30T12:58:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-06T21:22:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/why-am-i-being-charged-sales-tax\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":263,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"checkout\",\"sales tax\",\"taxes\",\"US sales tax\"],\"articleSection\":[\"General Info\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/why-am-i-being-charged-sales-tax\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/propercloth.com\\\/reference\\\/why-am-i-being-charged-sales-tax\\\/\",\"name\":\"Why am I being charged Sales Tax? 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