Back in February we reported to you that Connecticut made a deal with Newegg to get customer purchase information so they could send state tax bills to Connecticut residents that purchased from Newegg in the past several years. Newegg has now agreed to collect sales tax on purchases from Connecticut residents effective in July (Warning auto play video) and remit them to the state. Another one bites the dust. I suspect Newegg is going to lose a few sales over this one. Thanks cageymaru.



“This is exactly what we asked online retailers to do in the first place and I am glad Newegg has now agreed,” Sullivan said. “While DRS did offer Connecticut taxpayers a settlement opportunity to avoid two years of interest and penalty, we much prefer the simpler and fairer solution of retailers collecting the tax.

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Source: [H]ardOCP – Newegg Will Begin Collecting Connecticut State Sales Tax in July