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Given how large the e-commerce market is and how high the sales tax is, I'm sure a substantial black market will form around avoiding this tax. Privacy concerns
by ramblenode 10y ago
Given how large the e-commerce market is and how high the sales tax is, I'm sure a substantial black market will form around avoiding this tax. Privacy concerns may not be enough to motivate people to use VPNs or proxies but hit their pocketbooks and I'm sure the use of these tools will take off.
The black market infrastructure that shields the origin of these goods will also shield fraudulent merchants from consumer challenges and regulators. I imagine it will also give cover to narcotics and other illegal goods by conflating the purchasing behavior of law-abiding and criminal buyers and also the behavior of merchants.