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The playing field is becoming more even for local and online retailers, as a result of the “Marketplace Fairness Act”, a bill that is currently in the Senate for review. Since the advent of the Internet in the early 90s, there has been controversy over enforcing the collection of sales tax from online shoppers. When each state mandates the tax rate, but there are online retailers serving multiple consumers around the world at different tax rates, this has been impossible to regulate; until now.