Tax chaos looms as US Supreme Court rules in favour of South Dakota in Wayfair case

Joe Stanley-Smith

June 21, 2018

The Supreme Court has thrown the US tax system into chaos by ruling in favour of South Dakota in the Wayfair case. Multinationals around the world face huge tax exposure and smaller businesses which sell online could face ruin.

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Joe manages ITR’s online and print coverage, and the publication’s events worldwide. He covers a range of tax issues affecting multinational corporations, particularly indirect tax matters and case studies.

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