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Are you sure that Amazon is required to collect the sales taxes? I always read that it is the buyer's responsibility to pay taxes owed, but few seldom do.
Amazon is required to collect the sales tax for instate transactions, its the buyers responsibility to pay the taxes owed on transactions that cross the state borders, and yes, they almost never do.
Its his state, but I think that the internet should be tax free. Of course that lowers the number of people needed to work, less selling in stores, etc.
It should lower prices though, with more competition it lowers costs.
It is tax free if you do not live in the state where the seller is located. If a consumer lives in the same state as the business making the sale, and the state has a sales tax, then the business is required to collect the sales tax from the in-state consumer.
This is the way it has always been. It is no different than placing an order via phone.
No, this is a narrow perpetuated by Walmart and latched onto by retailers who think this is going to give them some sort of competitive advantage (It's not).
In states where Amazon does not have a physical presence, it ends up hurting small businesses. People placing links on their website does not mean a business has a physical presence in that state.
The shame is on Amazon though for not promoting this message as heavily as Walmart is promoting the "let's be fair to retailers and mom and pops" angle.
Like I said earlier, this issue is bigger than Amazon.
I live in Texas. I've placed hundreds of orders through Amazon. Will I now be charged 8.25% more on every order I place?
If so, I will buy less. As a rational, economizing individual, I will spend less. As an emotional individual, I will probably spend substantially less. I already pay the highest combined property tax rate 3.2% in the state. I won't go visit "mom and pop" stores. Have you seen our traffic and our overcrowding? How many online reviews can I read at these alleged "mom and pop" stores? No thank you.
Perry lost my vote already with his embarrassing Houston "Hope and Pray" spectacle. This just confirms it.
...so a distribution center is not "brick and mortar"? Does Texas law presently specify "brick and mortar",...or just a business presence? A distribution center is a presence.
Why should internet sales be exempt from sales tax? Does it not give internet companies an unfair advantage over others?
Why is Amazon trying to bribe the Texas by offering a distribution center and jobs for a four year moratorium on collecting sales taxes? Apparently Amazon thinks it owes the taxes or it would not have made the offer.
I live in Texas. I've placed hundreds of orders through Amazon. Will I now be charged 8.25% more on every order I place?
If so, I will buy less. As a rational, economizing individual, I will spend less. As an emotional individual, I will probably spend substantially less. I already pay the highest combined property tax rate 3.2% in the state. I won't go visit "mom and pop" stores. Have you seen our traffic and our overcrowding? How many online reviews can I read at these alleged "mom and pop" stores? No thank you.
Perry lost my vote already with his embarrassing Houston "Hope and Pray" spectacle. This just confirms it.
.........one might wager you didn't vote for him in any election anyway.
"Hundreds or orders through Amazon"? Oh,....sure.....
The bill signed this week, SB 1, covered a broad range of fiscal matters and included the same provisions that Perry, a Republican, rejected in May. Those provisions clarified that retailers had an in-state physical presence requiring them to collect sales tax even if their in-state physical facilities were operated by subsidiaries. Under federal law, states can only force retailers to collect sales tax if they have an in-state physical presence, or “nexus” in legal terms, such as stores or distribution centers.
Amazon had a "physical presence" in Texas as well,....hence the State Comptroller billed them for $250 million plus in taxes owed. A distribution center IS a physical presence.
By "physical presence" I was talking about retail stores where actual SALES occur. Not just making a product or delivering it.
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