Ed Pawlowski wrote:
Because of the physical presence thing. They charge sales taxes
because of where they are. It is one place that doesn't have to ask
if the person they are selling to is in one of the weird districts.
The sales taxes for the Internet, at least as currently being
discussed, are not based on where one building is, but rather where
the building they are sending it to is. Whole other ball of wax.

Exactly.

BS. It is done already by many retailers that have catalog operations.
Sears, Monkey Ward, etc.

Yep. And Wards is out of business.

The software necessary to accomplish the result you favor costs upwards of
several thousand dollars per year and must be updated at least monthly.
Giant retailers - Sears, Target, etc. - can absorb this cost, but the
part-timer who sells homemade candles or cookies cannot.