By Anu Gupta, Esquire Next Page I order a pair of Air Jordans while I am visiting family in New Delhi, India, from Nike Inc. a US corporation. I want delivery in New York where I live and will be present when the shoes are shipped to me from the Nike factory in Manila, Philippines. Thanks to the world wide web and e-commerce, it takes me 3 minutes to buy my shoes. It was that simple for me, the buyer.
Most countries have a tax on the sales of goods.
Within each country, each state, each city and each district or local government may have its own variation of this tax. It was relatively easy when a local store sold goods to local consumers. They had only one set of laws to follow. Currently, sales taxes vary from each state in the country, to each nation in the world. Information presented does not constitute legal advice.