The remote sales conundrum: where do we stand?

Have you ever wondered if orange juice should be taxed as a fruit or as a beverage? Whether some candy bars containing flour should really be classified as cookies? If when visiting a grocery store, a cup size portion of cole slaw accompanied by a plastic fork is considered a different product than a pound of cole slaw purchased from the deli counter? These are just some of the questions that have been answered over the past two years in an effort to create a nationwide uniform classification of goods. In so doing, state and local governments may now be at the brink of securing legislative approval in statehouses and in Washington that will finally allow them to collect ...