The legislation (AB 178) would require an out-of-state online retailer who advertises through a website in California to collect sales taxes on all Golden State residents.  It was initially stalled prior to a hearing in the California Assembly last April. However, the legislature has kept the bill on the docket moving into 2010 and has another hearing scheduled in the Assembly’s Revenue and Taxation Committee for January 11^th.

 

We’ll keep you abreast of more details as they unfold, but in the meantime, California residents should contact their legislators in opposition by clicking here.