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Yeah, I’m wrong about this, it happened awhile ago. It just seems insane to me. I don’t understand how some random country thinks they have jurisdiction over t
by ryanwaggoner 9y ago
Yeah, I’m wrong about this, it happened awhile ago.
It just seems insane to me. I don’t understand how some random country thinks they have jurisdiction over the entire globe just because someone else sold their citizen something digital. If you want to tax that transaction, I think the best you can do is hold the citizen responsible for payment. But of course, tax law is not usually about what’s right or logical or fair. It’s about what you can enforce and get away with.
- fjsolwmv 9y agoA random country clearly has the power to ban imports. Would you prefer that over paying taxes?
- Feniks 9y agoEU is not a country. It does however represent the world's biggest unified market. And as the US clearly demonstrates: taxation is better done centrally.
- JoeAltmaier 9y agoWell, its certainly trying to behave like one then! Uniform currency, no border enforcement/passport requirement, law enforcement that spans members. Its as much like a country as the United States individual states are a country? Anyway, taxation is, as the famous dude said, the art of plucking the goose as to get the most feathers with the least squawking. Any semblance to a rational system is only there to appease/content the citizens as they get plucked.