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Out-of-state Remote Sellers & Marketplaces Begin Collecting MA Sales Tax on October 1st
Brick-and-mortar Retailers Applaud a Level Playing Field
From the DOR:
Document Title: 830 CMR 64H.1.9: Remote Retailers and Marketplace Facilitators
Status: Emergency Regulation; Promulgation date: September 23, 2019
Tax type: Sales and Use Tax
Summary: This emergency regulation explains the new Massachusetts sales and use tax collection requirements that apply to out-of-state “remote” sellers and marketplace facilitators (“marketplaces”) starting as of October 1, 2019. Remote sellers must collect tax on sales of tangible personal property or services into Massachusetts when they have Massachusetts sales that exceed $100,000 in a calendar year. Marketplaces must collect tax on behalf of third parties (“marketplace sellers”) selling through the marketplace when the marketplace’s total Massachusetts sales (including those facilitated on behalf of marketplace sellers and those made directly by the marketplace on its own behalf) exceed $100,000 in a calendar year. As of October 1, 2019, the rules in 830 CMR 64H.1.7: Vendors Making Internet Sales will cease to apply.
Target Audience: Vendors, Marketplace Facilitators, Tax practitioners
Link to Regulation
Link to DOR Webpage
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