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Lamar Alexander: “The way I read the Quill decision, it says the following. The Supreme Court decision said 20 years ago it was too…”

On the recordJuly 31, 2012
The way I read the Quill decision, it says the following. The Supreme Court decision said 20 years ago it was too complicated to allow states to require out-of-state sellers to do the same thing in-state sellers do.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Alexander explains his interpretation of the Quill decision regarding sales tax.

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