Second, because there are over 9, 000 different tax districts in the United States, the Court ruled that collecting salestax for multiple states would be too difficult.
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The Main Street Fairness Act incorporates the simplification measures of the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement (SSUTA), which was developed about ten years ago by a group of states and businesses with the goal of making it easier for businesses to collect salestax for multiple states.
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