New Hampshire Governor John Lynch signed into law July 9th a bill aims to protect retailers from essentially becoming tax collectors for other states, while keeping consumer information private, as Sales Tax Buzz first described in great detail here.
S.B. 5 protects private consumer information by blocking in-state retailers from providing that information to other states that request suc
h for purposes of enforcing collections of sales or use tax, unless the foreign state has a qualifying sales and use tax statue and has formally provided notice to New Hampshire’s Commissioner of Revenue Administration of its intention to collect use tax.
To put this significant move into context, recall the ongoing battle between sales-tax state Massachusetts and sales tax-free state New Hampshire (see Live Free or Die! Border, Use Tax Case Stirs Strong Emotions; New Hampshire’s Governor and Attorney General Join Against Massachusetts DOR; New Hampshire v. Taxachusetts, Part III; and Living Free, Not Dead, New Hampshire Stays Tough), revolving around the Town Fair Tire Centers interstate tax case (in which the Connecticut-based tire company with several shops in New Hampshire and several more in Massachusetts was targeted by Massachusetts DOR auditors).
And considering that the sales tax rate recently jumped in Massachusetts to 6.25% from the pre-July 1st 5%, the timing couldn’t be better. 
Filed under: Legislation, Taxability Tagged: | Governor Lynch, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, S.B. 5, Taxachusetts, Town Fair Tire
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