Retail industry lobbyists in Indiana push for online sales tax

Tags: Online Retailing, Retail - General According to The Chicago Tribune, retail industry lobbyists in Indiana are trying to get state lawmakers to pass an online sales tax provision that they claim would result in hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. The Indiana Retail Council and the Alliance for Main Street Fairness held a press conference yesterday in the Indiana Statehouse to ask for legislators’ support in requiring sites such as Amazon.com to pay sales tax. Businesses are not required to pay sales tax if there is not a physical presence in the state, which Grant Monahan, president