# Paying sales tax in another state?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-sales-tax-in-another-state/654356>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 30, 2013, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-sales-tax-in-another-state/654356 "2013-03-30T14:14:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-sales-tax-in-another-state/654356/21 "2013-04-02T02:59:19Z")

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> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#):
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> The big scare for smallish online retailers is that they may be required to collect sales tax for every state that has it rather than just the state they are located in. Filing in just one state every quarter is a pain in the ass (it takes me a couple of hours).

My state has an atonishingly obtuse system for calculating and paying in-state online sales.  
It literally takes me two minutes per sale.  
If all states were this cumbersome, I would spend 5 months a year… just filling out sales tax filings.  
And I’m only running a two-man show.  
My state accounts for 5% of my sales. I would gladly kill all in-state sales off, but the venues I sell through don’t let me.

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