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Here in PA you're supposed to voluntarily pay it but that's a giant hassle even if you wanted too: Use Tax
Making it fair is fine but this is going to be a giant hassle for small online retailers. You have 52 different states to deal with and then many local jurisdictions have their own sales tax, can you say paperwork tsunami?
In my state, if a person buys something off of eBay who is located in my state, often the seller will collect state sales tax from the buyer.
Yeah, I don't know how the states or feds would or could regulate internet sales. Nightmare comes to my mind.
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If the dems can tax it they will . Seems this tax hurts the middle class the most
I'm not so sure this could be a partisan issue, except of late, because the idea of taxing internet sales has been rolling around for quite a few years now, not just under the Obama admin.
In my state, if a person buys something off of eBay who is located in my state, often the seller will collect state sales tax from the buyer.
Yeah, I don't know how the states or feds would or could regulate internet sales. Nightmare comes to my mind.
People would have to start collecting based on the home state of the purchaser and submit to the various states.
Tax nightmare for a small business owner doing online sales.
Hooray more paperwork for the small business owner!!!
Big corps know this and will be pleased,as this keeps the little ones from encroaching on their turf.
Big taxes, big government and big crony corps. Progressive utopia is just over the horizon
Hooray more paperwork for the small business owner!!!
Big corps know this and will be pleased,as this keeps the little ones from encroaching on their turf.
Big taxes, big government and big crony corps. Progressive utopia is just over the horizon
More people on this forum need to read what Frank DeForrest writes and just sit for a moment and think about it. Block everything that MSNBC or FOX has ever told you from your mind and think for yourself for once. Because it's all really simple once you get away from the propaganda. The truth comes very easy.
It is really sad how the American public has been brainwashed.
But we're not talkin about a business collecting a tax for people in their own state. We're talking about a business collecting for other states (the state the purchaser lives in) and submitting that tax to the purchaser's state.
A small business would now have to submit 50 tax forms to send in sales tax to each state. Is that done quarterly ?
More people on this forum need to read what Frank DeForrest writes and just sit for a moment and think about it. Block everything that MSNBC or FOX has ever told you from your mind and think for yourself for once. Because it's all really simple once you get away from the propaganda. The truth comes very easy.
It is really sad how the American public has been brainwashed.
Agreed. Why do we tax? All I ever see is about the revenue. The mob makes revenue. Do they create prosperity?
"The power to tax is the power to destroy" + "A tax imposed by the government at the point of sale on retail goods and services." =
When just about everything has a tax on it, find something new to tax. The new thing- internet sales.
When a city can't cover the cost of the money they spend, install revenue cameras on traffic lights.
When home value drops and less property tax is collected, increase the millage rate to bring in the same [or more] revenue.
When vehicle owners drive less because of $4.00 a gallon gas, increase the sales tax to make up the lost revenue.
When a state that relies on 'sales tax' for revenue [no income tax] and people are spending less money, almost double the cost to register a vehicle to make up for the lost revenue.
When asked to 'save water' and we do, increase the per gallon charge to make up the difference.
City/county/state/federal government will NEVER have less revenue collected to spend and they are always looking for ways to take more money out of your pocket. If the dems regain controll of the house in 2014, be prepared for a 'carbon tax' and a 'VAT' on EVERYTHING you purchase.
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