neal ossen is ith the natiooal conference of state legislaturee.hat's dollars this yearlook at great deaa of problems. this woulddmean $4.1 billion in revenue for california, that they don't have right noo. that could mean more teachers, poolce, more firemen.osten &psays more and mmre states are passing laws that would require consumers to pay sales tax on all iiteeret purchases. but, so far online sales companies havv been able to gettaround thht because of 1992 mail order purchases. that deciiionnsaid if retailerr doesn't have annactual &pphysical location n the state- the retailer doesn't have to collect sales tax. legislaaion in congrees wwuld chhnge that. so say you are in wwshington dc and you buy aa 3 $$0 shirttonllneefrom nnout of state company whh happenn to be in californiaa as of noo you ppy zero dollars in taxess but if this feeeral to pay dcs 6 pprcenttsales tax - and ttat shirt would cost you $21.20. by the wwy taxessgo tt the state the item is being delivered not where it's old. ssy the new federal proposal is only fair. all we're as