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JA Submits Argument on Sales Tax Fairness to US Supreme Court

Jewelers of America joined a group of 10 retail trade associations that have filed an amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court in support of South Dakota’s petition to the court to re-consider the Quill decision from 1992. That decision established the current system under which states are prohibited from collecting sales and use taxes from sellers that do not have a physical presence in state, leading to the current uneven playing field between traditional and online sellers.

“This is an historic opportunity for our industry to stand up for sales tax fairness,” says David J. Bonaparte, President and CEO. “We are hopeful the court will take up the South Dakota case and recognize that Quill does not reflect the retail landscape that exists today.”

South Dakota’s petition was filed to the court in early October after the South Dakota Supreme Court issued a ruling that the state's online sales tax law is unconstitutional. Rather than a defeat, that outcome was expected and hoped for, since it set the stage to file the petition and challenge Quill’s applicability to the modern retail marketplace.

In addition to Jewelers of America, national trade associations whose members sell everything from furniture and lighting fixtures to textbooks and sporting equipment are submitting the brief. The Marketplace Fairness Coalition (MFC) is spearheading the effort.

Jewelers of America supported the brief by providing stories and information from jewelers on how the practice of “show rooming” -- visiting a store in order to examine a product before buying it online at a lower price without charging sales tax – has had a negative impact on jewelry businesses. While jewelers and other businesses are prepared to compete with online sellers when it comes to price, service and selection, the brief argues that they are being forced to compete on an uneven playing field.

“Simply put: sales tax differentials combined with a rise in mobile technology and e-commerce put local sellers out of business, emptying out the retail centers of our nation’s towns and cities, destroying local jobs, and hurting small towns and communities,” the associations’ state in the introduction to the brief.

The Court’s current term began on October 2 and runs through June 2018, with the last day of oral arguments scheduled for April 25, 2018.
Jewelers of America is a longtime proponent of sales tax fairness, supporting efforts to enact legislation on the federal and state levels.

Those interested in this issue and others affecting jewelry businesses can use Jewelers of America's Legislative Action Center, at http://www.jewelers.org/ja/advocacy/legislative-agenda/actioncenter, to easily contact their representatives via email and urge them to support sales tax fairness today.
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