B&I State Tax Lawyers Launch Column in State Tax Notes

In the November 9, 2015 edition of leading industry publication State Tax Notes, George Isaacson and Matthew Schaefer explain “What Europe’s Excessive Tax Burdens On E-Commerce Can Teach Us.”  Their article, which is featured on the cover of the publication, is the first of a regular quarterly column written by Brann & Isaacson’s state and local tax lawyers under the title “Eyes on E-Commerce.”  Isaacson and Schaefer discuss the anemic state of cross-border electronic commerce in the European Union and how conflicting tax requirements in the EU’s 28 member states contribute to economic stagnation in the EU digital marketplace.  The authors argue that the European experience should serve as a cautionary example for U.S. lawmakers when considering federal legislation to expand the authority of states to require the collection of use taxes by Internet and catalog sellers.

A copy of the Isaacson/Schaefer article is available here.