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Amazon collects sales taxes on Fulfilled by Amazon orders, the only orders they can legally collect sales taxes on. Does this man do anything besides Tweet nonsense accusations?
He charges people $35,000 to attend his Fundraiser at his DC hotel for his re-election campaign?
Sales tax rates. and the definition of taxable sales, vary greatly from one state to the next. Years ago, to cite one example, Pennsylvania imposed a 5 per cent rate, but Indiana had a 2 per cent levy. However, while Pennsylvania exempted most "necessities", Indiana taxed just about everything -- including groceries.
The issue got so complicated that a Pennsylvania revenue official was charged with the responsibility of determining the taxability of individual items ("ordinary" clothing, presumably even 3-piece suits, however expensive, weren't taxable; formal wear, swimsuits, athletic gear and sports-logoed clothing were taxable); on one occasion, the state press ran a feature article on this person. The process got more complicated if, or when, sales taxes were restructured after a state income tax was adopted. Paper towels, for example, went from taxable to exempt, and a recent revenue crunch led to a suggestion to tax a wide variety of previously-exempted services -- including undertakers' fees.
And the issue gets further complicated when "non-end-use" or component items are involved. A gent I know buys golf carts and modifies them for "mobility scooters" for people with disabilities; the carts are bought and re-sold at public auctions, as are some of the parts, but the auctioneers don't want to take responsibility for collecting the taxes -- and I'm given to understand that antique shops are fearful of a similar crackdown.
"Oh, what a tangled web we weave....." (Sir Walter Scott)
Last edited by 2nd trick op; 06-28-2017 at 08:31 PM..
Trump complaining about Amazon not paying taxes, wrong person sending that message.
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