Companies Said to Approve Simplified Tax Plan

Despite opposition from the Direct Marketing Association, a coalition of companies has approved a plan to streamline state tax laws and enter into a pact to collect online sales taxes.

The Streamlined Sales Tax Project was expected at deadline to approve a resolution from the coalition. The plan would go into effect in January 2003.

“There’s no doubt about it, the resolution is going to pass,” said Diane Hardt, tax administrator of the Wisconsin Department of Revenue and co-chair of the Project, speaking from the group’s meeting in Chicago. “The coalition has approached us and said,