WOWT 6 News has confirmed that online retailer Amazon will begin collecting sales tax from Nebraskans in the new year.

In a one line announcement, Amazon kept it simple saying, “Amazon will begin collecting sales tax in Nebraska on January 1, 2017." A spokesperson for Amazon would not provide further details.

We spoke to Nebraska Tax Commissioner Tony Fulton. He said Amazon is “exhibiting responsible corporate citizenship” and that this helps Nebraska consumers comply with existing laws.

Fulton said this is an opportunity to educate people that the laws already require any Nebraskan to be responsible for paying sales tax even if it is not collected by retailers such as Amazon. Currently Nebraskans are able to pay the tax through their annual tax returns.

Fulton did not know what kind of revenue this would generate. He said there is publicly available data which will be used by his department to come up with an estimate.